HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Cockpits of E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft are to go digital as a result of cooperative development effort by the U.S. Air Force and NATO.
The development program for the aging AWAC planes is called DRAGON, or Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation, according to the Air Force.