NATO gives Boeing $1 billion deal to upgrade AWACS reconnaissance planes

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO on Wednesday awarded Boeing Co a $1 billion (£779 million) contract to upgrade its fleet of AWACS reconnaissance planes, a deal officials said showed the strength of transatlantic cooperation days before an alliance summit in London.First flown in 1982 and repeatedly modernised, the Boeing-made planes, which can detect hostile aircraft, missiles, ships and other weaponry far beyond NATO borders, will be overhauled with more powerful computer processors, servers and..