Boeing Named as Early Warning Aircraft Provider

, US aerospace giant Boeing has been named the winner of a deal to equip the Korean Air Force with four airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft in stages by 2012, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on Wednesday (Nov. 8). 
 
The decision was made at a meeting of the agency's supreme committee, chaired by Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung, in Seoul, DAPA officials said. The agency and Boeing agreed on a price of about $1.6 billion for the deal, codenamed