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Airborne Early Warning and Control
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- Boeing accepts responsibility for Wedgetail project slipping behind schedule.
29 Jun 2006 Dr Nelson Release 102/2006
I have asked Boeing to ensure all necessary personnel and resources are furnished to the project and to provide a validated and revised schedule for the project.
- Successful ‘World-First’ Test of Airborne Early Warning Radar
16 Jan 2006 Hill Release 4/2006
Defence Minister Robert Hill said the airborne test of the radar, carried out by the combined Boeing and Defence Materiel Organisation AEW&C project team based in the USA, lasted more than three hours and operated trouble-free.
- First Wedgetail Arrives at Amberley
16 Jan 2006 Hill Release 3/2006
Defence Minister Robert Hill said the aircraft is the first of four Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft that will be modified at RAAF Amberley to provide Australia with leading-edge air and maritime surveillance.
- "The Eagle" has landed in Canberra
15 Mar 2005 Hill Release 44/2005
"A Boeing 737 Wedgetail aircraft - the same aircraft that will soon provide Australia with leading-edge air and maritime surveillance - has landed in Canberra today."
03 Jun 2004 Hill Release MIN103/04
"The Wedgetail project will create around 170 new jobs in South East Queensland – most based at Amberley," Senator Hill said.
- Wedgetail’s First Flight
21 May 2004 Hill Release MIN92/04
"The Wedgetail program is a hugely complicated undertaking, incorporating leading edge software technologies," Senator Hill said. "To have it progressing ahead of time and on budget and with all of our capability requirements met so far is a dream come true.”
- Headquarters Open For Our New Wedgetails
5 Mar 2004 Hill Release MIN42/04
"The headquarters is the first tangible delivery for the project, which has been leading the way for reform in Defence Materiel Organisation projects," Senator Hill said.
- Another Milestone in Wedgetail Project
4 Nov 2003 Min 139/03
"The aircraft's power distribution system has been successfully installed and tested several months ahead of schedule."
- BAE Systems Australia Completes Critical Design Reviews on Project Wedgetail
19 May 2003 Hill Release 65/2003
"A major critical design review for the Electronic Warfare Self Protection and Electronic Support Measures Subsystems of the Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft has been successfully completed, Minister for Defence."
- First Wedgetail Antenna Completed
08 Nov 2002 Min 631/02
"The new antenna exploits leading edge technology which will include full 360 degrees surveillance coverage."
- Roll Out of First AEW&C Airframe
01 Nov 2002 Min 615/02
"With the first air frame ready for modification we expect our first Wedgetail aircraft to fly before the end of the year around six months ahead of schedule with the first two aircraft of the fleet expected to be in service in 2007."
- AEW&C Contract Signed
20 Dec 2000 Min 390/00
"The AEW&C system will form the cornerstone of Australia’s air and maritime surveillance, and early warning and detection capability, well into this century."
Last updated: 9 August 2006
