Deliveries under the Turkish air force's "Peace Eagle" airborne early warning and control system project have been further delayed until 2010 due to software and equipment issues with the modified Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
Turkey's first of four AEW&C aircraft is being prepared at Boeing's Seattle plant ahead of flight testing from September, with the remainder undergoing modification at Turkish Aerospace Industries' Akinci facility near Ankara. The first of these will fly in early 2008.
Boeing - which had contracted to deliver Ankara's first two AEW&C aircraft this year - is continuing discussions with Turkey's defence industries undersecretariat regarding penalty payments.
Source: Flight International
