Pakistan's Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircrafts

[unicorn148]

kj 2000 is far more advance than kj200 and you cant mount the radar on Y8 beacause its a small aircraft and pakithan has ordered KJ200 only

 

[TaimiKhan]

kj 2000 is far more advance than kj200 and you cant mount the radar on Y8 beacause its a small aircraft and pakithan has ordered KJ200 only

Before coming on the forum and putting in your useless one or two liner analytical master pieces, would be better if you check what the discussion is happening and would also be better if you see the picture of the model of Y-8 with KJ-2000 shaped smaller version radar on it, and also see the Y-8 testing platform with the KJ-2000 shaped smaller version radar fixed aircraft which came to Pakistan also, then do your master piece analysis, may be something useful comes out of them.

Catch is a SMALLER VERSION of an AESA radar placed in the configuration as seen on the KJ-2000 platform.

 

[Sapper]

It is also possible that the final product to Pakistan might have Y-9 instead of Y-8. But the confusion still remains.

I will prefer if PAF opts for Y9 with bigger radome, comparable to KJ2000 in size since China is also opting for Y9s since IL78 airframes are no longer available.

But discussing this is still full of speculations since a lot of time will pass (2~3 years) until we get a confirmation from reliable authentic sources.

Regards,
Sapper

 

[ghazi52]

when it comes to war, we Chinese will keep working 24 hours a day for Pak to ensure you can have enough birds to counter your enemy.

Thank you China.

 

[gambit]

Back in 1975, Boeing modified 707s to become AWACS involved intrusions of 18 inches deep into the fuselage. The rotodome was 30ft in diameter and weighed nearly 12,000 lbs. The mounting struts, designed to minimized aerodynamics wake over the entire tail section, added another 3,000 lbs. The turntable bearing assembly added about 2,300 lbs, it must rotated at 1/4 rpm even when the system is in non-transmit mode to keep lubricated. The entire structural support system must be doubly redundant to minimize the possibility of a mechanical failure, fatigue or combat, that would result in radome separation, which of course would be catastrophic for the aircraft. The summed up weight figure is only static, meaning stationary, load. Aerodynamic stresses in flight and maneuvers required the entire system to be mechanically overbuilt by %10 according to some conservative estimates.

The installation of an AESA array would lighten the load since there is no need for the turntable bearing assembly but the gains were not deemed to be overwhelmingly supportive to continue using the domed configuration. Improved AESA technology compelled the creation of the Saab's two-sided AESA array configuration. True...This configuration is limited to only 240 deg total coverage with degraded performance for each array at the 45 deg off-beam point and beyond. But the double-sided linear configuration allowed a much lower cost alternative, in purchase and long term maintenance, since the aircraft itself would not be an 'intercontinental' class aircraft like the 707. Lower cost also mean more numbers that can be deployed and that also equate to increased tactical flexibility. A paired and datalinked linear double-sided AWACS would offer the same coverage capability as the larger triple-sided dome but would have the ability to break off the pairing to respond to emergencies.

 

[unicorn148]

The Y-8F-400 was developed by Shaanxi in Aircraft Industry Corporation in 2001. The aircraft features a solid nose which replaced the Y-8’s original ‘glass-in’ nose design, and a three-man flight crew. All windows on the fuselage were removed. A pair of vertical stabilisers are fitted on the tips of the tail-plane to enhance directional stability.

Little is known about the performance of the radar system fitted on the new Y-8 AEW. It was estimated that the aircraft may be comparable to the U.S. E-2C Hawkeye in terms of performance and capabilities.

 

[unicorn148]

this aircraft is small and capabilities will be limited same as E-2C Hawkeye
Yun-8 Rotodome Airborne Early Warning Aircraft - SinoDefence.com

 

[mshoaib61]

 

[mshoaib61]

 

[mshoaib61]

 

[mshoaib61]

 

[BlackenTheSky]

^
Its KJ 2000 right

 

[mshoaib61]

^^ yes its kj 2000

 

[Arsalan]

well welll,
we all know it is KJ2000 but can anyone tell what is it doing here on this forum other then creating confusion.
brother they really were nice pics but it would have been much better if you would have put them in media section rather then on this very forum meant to discuss PAF future procurements of AWE&C and with already existing doubts about the chines system that whether it would be KJ200 or KJ2000 and whether it will have a liner radar or a dome version, these pictures will add to confusion.
i hope you understand and take it as a friendly advice.

regards!

 

[MZUBAIR]

Its KJ2000, but PAF bought KJ200.

Its KJ200 (top)




It would be having Antineea on top, like this one (below).



Its not that advanced like KJ-2000 or Saab 2000