Airborne Early Warning Systems - A-50EI Phalcon, DRDO Netra AEW&C, DRDO AWACS

Netra Mk-II

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“In the AEW&C and AWACS programmes, we do not do the aircraft. We take the aircraft from airlines. We put sensors on it which allow that aircraft to act as a surveillance system. So, it flies and looks at objects coming towards the country from more than 350 kms. AEW&C Mark-I has already been inducted into the Air Force. AEW&C Mark-II started one year ago and we have a PDC of sixty months to complete this.”

- Taken from PSC's report
 
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“In the AEW&C and AWACS programmes, we do not do the aircraft. We take the aircraft from airlines. We put sensors on it which allow that aircraft to act as a surveillance system. So, it flies and looks at objects coming towards the country from more than 350 kms. AEW&C Mark-I has already been inducted into the Air Force. AEW&C Mark-II started one year ago and we have a PDC of sixty months to complete this.”

- Taken from PSC's report
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If the plans for a A-330 AWACS are shelved then what is Netra-3?
 
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Clearly, he is mixing ISTAR and SIGINT etc. I don't know how it can all be called EW!.

Scratch that, his source is ID_RW 😂


No development as such. It's raytheon ISTAR. They trying hard to get some ToT.
If they are trying for Raytheon Sentinel then why develop main underbelly radar? Looks like there is alot of miscommunication in the desi defence enthusiast's community.
 
If they are trying for Raytheon Sentinel then why develop main underbelly radar? Looks like there is alot of miscommunication in the desi defence enthusiast's community.
ISTAR is mostly software. They are trying to extract maximum from the deal. Thus the delay.