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ASIAN DEFENCE: IAI IAI ELTA to offer Eitam G-550 CAEWS to Indian Navy
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have send its Gulfstream G-550-based conformal airborne early warning and control (CAEW) system (Eitam G-550) to the Aero India 2009 expo in Bangalore as part of its bid to promote the CAEWS to the Indian navy for its requirement of land based AEW&C. ....................competitors for the deal are Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye, Ilyushin Il-76 Phalcon AEW&C, Indian DRDO EMB-145 AEW&C and Wedgetail AEW&C which is based on Boeing 737 like P-8I which were ordered by Indian navy recently.
CAEWS has been ordered by Israel and Singapore, with the first Israeli platform being delivered in February 2008 and the second following in May 2008. Singapore has ordered four such platforms that will be delivered through to 2010........................
Eitam G-550 CAEWS with large arrays on the fuselage sides and uses small array at the nose and tail which operates in operates respectively in L and S bands (1GHz to 2GHz and 2GHz to 4GHz). Together, these give 360° airspace coverage without drag of a rotodome above the fuselage. Each CAEWS carries six operators with Windows-based, operator stations with 24in color monitors that are installed in the rear half of the main cabin and also has ESM antennae under the tail and wingtips, and above the nose, with a SATCOM array atop the vertical tail.............
The Israel Air Force G550 CAEW aircraft is the third generation of Airborne Early Warning and Control systems developed by Elta since mid-80s. Elta is a leader in radar and AEW&C technology and an international pioneer in the development and deployment of AEW&C utilizing state of art phased-phased array technology............
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have send its Gulfstream G-550-based conformal airborne early warning and control (CAEW) system (Eitam G-550) to the Aero India 2009 expo in Bangalore as part of its bid to promote the CAEWS to the Indian navy for its requirement of land based AEW&C. ....................competitors for the deal are Northrop Grumman E-2D Hawkeye, Ilyushin Il-76 Phalcon AEW&C, Indian DRDO EMB-145 AEW&C and Wedgetail AEW&C which is based on Boeing 737 like P-8I which were ordered by Indian navy recently.
CAEWS has been ordered by Israel and Singapore, with the first Israeli platform being delivered in February 2008 and the second following in May 2008. Singapore has ordered four such platforms that will be delivered through to 2010........................
Eitam G-550 CAEWS with large arrays on the fuselage sides and uses small array at the nose and tail which operates in operates respectively in L and S bands (1GHz to 2GHz and 2GHz to 4GHz). Together, these give 360° airspace coverage without drag of a rotodome above the fuselage. Each CAEWS carries six operators with Windows-based, operator stations with 24in color monitors that are installed in the rear half of the main cabin and also has ESM antennae under the tail and wingtips, and above the nose, with a SATCOM array atop the vertical tail.............
The Israel Air Force G550 CAEW aircraft is the third generation of Airborne Early Warning and Control systems developed by Elta since mid-80s. Elta is a leader in radar and AEW&C technology and an international pioneer in the development and deployment of AEW&C utilizing state of art phased-phased array technology............
