employees transfer to other positions and locations.” In addition, lessons learned from the program’s original contract structure and the aircraft’s development helped Boeing improve how it handles such issues. Tiffin noted those lessons have been used on more recent military aircraft programs, including the similar Peace Eye surveillance aircraft built for the Republic of Korea and the Peace Eagle aircraft built for Turkey. Krieg, meanwhile, is embedded with the RAAF maintenance team at RAAF Base Williamtown. His primary job now is to make sure the combined team of contractor and RAAF personnel keeps the aircraft ready to fly at a moment’s notice. Having seen the program progress from testing to first flight to final operational status, Krieg said it’s rewarding to keep it ready to serve Australia. “We have uniformed and contractor personnel working side by side, all with a common interest and goal,” he said. “It’s a great model for creating openness and for getting the job done.” • ERIC.C.FETTERS-WALP@BOEING.COM 06 Number of aircraft delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force 17 Length in hours of record-setting Wedgetail mission flight in 2015 200 Approximate range in nautical miles (230 miles, or 370 kilometers) of Northrop Grumman’s Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array, or MESA, radar 5,000 Range in nautical miles (5,750 miles, 9,250 kilometers) of the Airborne Early Warning & Control airframe 1.5 million Number of square miles (4 million square kilometers) the Wedgetail can cover during a 10-hour mission 30 | BOEING FRONTIERS Wedgetail by the numbers
Frontiers April 2016 Issue
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