Australia tendrá que esperar un año para tener AEW operativo/ Wedgetail prepares for take-off

Australia tendrá que esperar 12 meses para que su flotoa de seis Boeing 737 Wedgetail de alerta temprana estén operativos plenamente, a pesar de haber participado con éxito en maniobras con la USAF. El retraso se debe a problemas con el radar y el sistema de comunicaciones.
Despite impressing US and other observers during the multinational Exercise RIMPAC earlier this year in Hawaii, the Wedgetail's complex radar and communications system is taking longer to mature than everybody had hoped according to Defence's project manager Chris Deeble.
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THE RAAF will have to wait nearly 12 months before its six Boeing 737 Wedgetails' airborne early warning and control system are fully operational.
Despite impressing US and other observers during the multinational Exercise RIMPAC earlier this year in Hawaii, the Wedgetail's complex radar and communications system is taking longer to mature than everybody had hoped according to Defence's project manager Chris Deeble.
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