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Discusses the future of Australia's Project Wedgetail which seeks to acquire six or seven airborne-early-warning-and-control (AEW&C) aircraft. Decision of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to defer consideration of the program until the release of the Defence White Paper; MOD's selection of Boeing Co. as preferred tenderer for the program; Views of Boeing Co. on the deferral.

The article offers world news briefs related to the electronic warfare (EW) industry. The Italian leaders have approved the upgrades to be made to its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and its Joint Airborne Multisensor Multi-mission System. The Australian government has released a paper titled "Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030," on April 19, 2009. A defense program to develop and produce radars, military avionics and EW systems was signed by EADS and Larsen & Toubro Ltd.