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Phase-II project of countries own AWACS developmental In India under DRDO has been given Project name AWACS India and DRDO has already send given a proposal to Government of India and AWACS India Project will be cleared by year end if all goes well .
Under Phase-II of Awacs India Project DRDO will be developing 360 Degree coverage Aesa Radar to be mounted on Aircrafts with high endurance and more power . Awacs India will succeed Phalcon systems mounted on Russian IL-76 aircrafts.
Choice of aircraft for Awacs India will be jointly studied by DRDO and Indian air force and then selected . Phase-I project under which Active Array Antenna Unit (AAAU), developed by DRDOs Center for Airborne Systems (CABS), will be integrated into the modified EMB-145 aircraft.
First modified EMB-145 aircraft will be delivered to India before end 2012 and second and third modified EMB-145 aircrafts will be handed over to India in 2013 , Awacs India or Phase-II will start in 2015 after work on Phase-I is completed and aircrafts been handed over to Indian air force , Sources close to idrw.org have informed us that more three aircrafts from Brazialian Embraer manufactures of EMB-145 aircraft will be ordered since Indian air force has higher systems requirments of such aircrafts .
Indian air force has plans to operate close to 24 AWA&CS and AWACS aircrafts in near future and number of aircrafts required for Awacs India or Phase -II is still not clear . India is making rapid progress in terms on technical know of in area of radars and research is comparable to Europeans was the statement made by a DRDO official to idrw.org some time back .
” AWACS India ” waits Government Clearance | idrw.org
