Technically known as airborne early warning and control systems, the phrase "AWACS" often serves as a catch-all for the US military's aerial ... land- and sea-based aircraft in a war theater.

Now we announce that we have next-generation aircraft," the military expert ... s "response to the US aircraft" outfitted with the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), he said.

Boeing announced in a press release that it has just completed the first flight of the United Kingdom's E-7 Wedgetail AWACS ...