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The IAF currently has two indigenously-built Netra and three Israeli-Russian-made PHALCON early warning aircraft as part of its arsenal. India s AEW&C system mounted on a Brazilian Embraer-145 jet. | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
In February 2017, the IAF formally inducted its first-ever surveillance aircraft
The technology can be used to detect and track multiple airborne targets simultaneously, swiftly identifying if they are adversarial or friendly, before initiating appropriate aerial or ground-based counter-measures
In a development that will be welcomed by the Indian Air Force, India s Defence Ministry, on Thursday, greenlit the development of six new Airborne Early Warning Control (AEW&C or AWACS) planes to be built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The AWACS will, reportedly, be fitted on modified Airbus A320 jets operated by the national carrier, Air India.
In a display of cost-cutting synergy between ministries, the government has announced that six used Air India A-320 jet airliners will be recycled into Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) systems for the Indian Air Force (IAF). This will involve withdrawing the airliners from Air India, sending them to France for fitment of airborne radars, and then handing them over to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to be integrated with the complex software that will allow these aircraft to function as “eye-in-the-sky” controllers of air force battles. The “acceptance of necessity” (AoN) of AEW&C systems was one of seven procurement clearances the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Thursday, amounting to Rs 28,000 crore. The MoD terms this as a “big boost to Make in India”. These are the first AoNs the MoD is according under the new Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020.
IAF To Get More âEyesâ To Look Into China And Pakistan: DRDO To Convert Six Air India A320s Into Early Warning Aircraft For The Air Force
by Swarajya Staff - Dec 17, 2020 12:44 PM
Air India Aircraft
In a development that will bring relief to the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been cleared to modify six Airbus A320 jets operated by national carrier Air India with radar and sensors and convert them into Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft.
The IAF, which currently operates two DRDO-built Netra and three PHALCON early warning aircraft, has been looking to add more such aircraft to its fleet for at least a few years. In the aftermath of the Balakot episode in 2019, when Pakistan Air Force responded to Indiaâs airstrikes on a terrorist camp in Pakistani territory, the IAF had to do with limited early warning capabilities.
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