Building a B737 Wedgetail for Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

The Boeing 737 AEW&C is a state-of-the-art system providing powerful airborne surveillance, communications and battle management.
Since Project Wedgetail commenced in 1996, Boeing Defence Australia has played a key role in all aspects of the project, from concept definition through to the initial design activity, training, infrastructure development and logistics support.
Boeing Defence Australia's key involvement is in the modification of four of the six aircraft at RAAF Base Amberley, west of Brisbane. The Wedgetail AEW&C modification program is the largest commercial-to-military aircraft modification ever undertaken in Australia and the first time a Boeing 737 aircraft has been converted into an AEW&C platform.
The first two Wedgetail aircraft were modified at Boeing's facilities in Seattle, Washington and are in the final stages of customer type acceptance testing. The first of these two aircraft is due to be delivered to the RAAF in late November 2009.
The remaining four aircraft were delivered to RAAF Base Amberley between January 2006 and April 2007 for modification by Boeing Defence Australia. The first of the four was returned to the U.S. in January 2008, where it joined the first two aircraft modified in Seattle in the development, test and evaluation program. This aircraft returned to Amberley in April 2009 to support customer demonstrations and to enable completion of a configuration upgrade prior to delivery.
The second aircraft modified at Amberley is due to be delivered to the RAAF in November 2009 and will be one of the first two aircraft to enter service. The remaining three aircraft modified by Boeing Defence Australia will be delivered to the RAAF between March and September 2010.
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