
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on March 31 said that it has awarded $17.2 million contracts each under the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) initiative to consortia led by Boeing [BA] and Airbus/Northrop Grumman [NOC] and to General Atomics for risk reduction and feasibility studies for the replacement of the Boeing E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). NATO's fleet of 14 AWACS planes based in Geilenkirchen, Germany is to retire by 2035. U.S. Air Force (USAF)…