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New Delhi, June 20, IRNA -- India is planning to develop indigenous Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) aimed at boosting its air defence capabilities.

The proposal to develop the indigenous system under project 'AWACS-India' will be sent for approval of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in a month or two, DRDO officials said here.

Under the project, high-calibre radars would be fitted on heavy-lift transport aircraft such as the IL-76 or Boeing.

Presently, Indian Air Force (IAF) is operating three Phalcon AWACS procured from Israel. These AWACS are fitted on Russian-origin IL-76 transport aircraft.

DRDO is also developing smaller version of the AWACS known as Air-borne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) systems.

Under the AEW&C project, DRDO is fitting the radars and other aerial monitoring systems on Embraer jets procured from Brazil. Two of these fully functional system will be delivered to India by the end of this year, the officials said.

Following a series of successful test flights, the antennas are now being mounted on the Embraer jets after which the system will be put through the final trials, they said.

Besides detecting hostile combat aircraft in the air, AWACS is also used for detecting hostile missiles and other air-defence assets of the enemies. It can also help detect troop build-up across the border. The AWACS from Israel are being procured under a 2003 deal worth USD 1.1 billion. The AWACS have also participated in a number of major exercises, controlling the flight operations of the frontline fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Plans are also anvil to link these AWACS with the military satellite to increase their range and effectiveness.

India planning to develop its own AWACS system
 
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I really hope that DRDO can complete it this time
 
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All defence projects should be deemed classified until the project is a success. The proposal is not even sent for approval to CCS and these guys start to talk about the project.
 
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this is confusing news. we were already developing right on the Brazilian platform.
 
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this is confusing news. we were already developing right on the Brazilian platform.

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This proves the seriousness of DRDO and Indian armed forces to field a densely packed air defense network.Hopefully it will be up and running by mid 20.
Best of luck DRDO.
 
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