Maiden flight of India’s Second Indigenous AEW&C
Press Release April 5, 2012 The maiden flight of the second fully modified aircraft for the indigenously developed Indian Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) was held on April 4, at the San Jose dos Campos in Brazil. The necessary mission systems and components including the dummy AAAU (Active Antena Array Unit) are successfully fitted onboard Embraer EMB 145I aircraft. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, SA to RM, Secretary Depttof Defense R&D and DG DRDO, said the “modified aircraft fitted with the dummy antenna unit performed very well.” This marks an important milestone in the AEW&C program as this aircraft will be delivered in June 2012 to India. The other mission systems will then be integrated on to the aircraft and Mission System flight trials are likely to commence from Nov 2012. G Elangovan, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller Res & Dev (Avionics), DRDO in his message after the successful flight congratulated the entire team of CABS and ...