The Boeing Company is supplying the Turkish Air Force with an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system, known as Peace Eagle, based on the Boeing 737 AEW&C product line.
The Peace Eagle program includes four 737 AEW&C aircraft plus ground support segments for mission crew training, mission support and system maintenance.
Modification of the first aircraft is under way at The Boeing Company facilities in Seattle. TUSAS Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Ankara, Turkey, will modify the remaining three aircraft.
Product support and facilities design
Boeing Defence Australia is providing product support deliverables during the acquisition and initial support phases of the Peace Eagle program, including:
- the initial training of the Turkish Air Force
- the training of personnel from Turkish Industry to assume responsibility for in-service product support activities.
Boeing Defence Australia, as a subcontractor to The Boeing Company, is also designing and providing construction oversight for the ground support centre facility in Ankara Turkey, where the Peace Eagle’s ground support segments will be installed.
Boeing Defence Australia’s role in the Peace Eagle Project will conclude in 2012.