737 Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C)
With the Northrop Grumman Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar, the Boeing 737 AEW&C system offers exceptional performance, low life cycle costs and the technology necessary to meet current and future evolving surveillance requirements. The MESA radar provides air-to-air coverage, air-to-surface coverage, integrated identification friend or foe, special track beams and focused sector operation.
The 737 AEW&C is the most advanced system in its class, establishing the standard for performance required by the modern air force of the 21st Century.
MESA radar/IFF:
- Electronically steerable
- 360-degree surveillance coverage
- Interleaved air-to-air and maritime modes
- Long-range detection
- Dedicated track/high-update modes
- Integrated IFF
- COTS software and processors
- Lightweight, efficient aerodynamic design
- High reliability