First Wedgetail Aircraft achieves major flight testing milestone

July 10, 2005 - Boeing has successfully completed the aircraft performance and flight handling test program with the first 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft which is bound for Australia where it is named Project Wedgetail after the country’s indigenous bird of prey, the Wedgetail Eagle. The 737 AEW&C is designed to provide airborne battle management capability with 10 state-of-the-art mission system consoles and is part of Boeing’s vision for an integrated battlespace where real-time information is quickly and simultaneously accessible to aircraft and forces and commanders on the ground, at sea and in the air.

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