Neelam Mathews
Sept 6, 2012
India is looking to buy seven more AEWs from Embraer Defense and
Security if the present project for the first three procured is completed on
time and seamlessly integrated, a senior analyst at a defense lab told
Aerospace Diary.
The
first EMB 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) class of aircraft was
delivered to the Government of India at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos
Campos, Brazil recently. The delivery followed successful completion of ground
and flight tests of the aircraft which met operational targets established by
both Embraer and Center for Airborne Systems (CABS) of Defense Research &
Development Organization (DRDO).
The aircraft will be delivered to the Indian Air Force
after integration of missions systems of DRDO by CABS in India and inaugurated
on Sept 19. It will be on show on Oct 8 at Hindon during the air force day. However,
this could not be confirmed.
“This (integration) will not be cake walk,” said the analyst as the EW suite, communication
systems, radars and sensors have to be
integrated and India is still not fully adept at it. “The system is bristling
with electrical systems,” said the official.
Aerospace Diary learns the second AEW will fly in October
and come to India in December, while the third will be delivered by 2013.
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