CAEW – Conformal Airborne Early Warning Aircraft, Israel

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/caew/

un petit avion radar original (voir article avec photos sous le lien)

India to Receive AWACS next months

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/7002/

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http://www.defpro.com/news/details/5553/

08:32 GMT, April 27, 2009
NEW DELHI | The Indian Air Force will receive its first Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) from Israel on May 18. This aircraft will provide India with the ability to track incoming missiles and look deep into neighboring countries without violating air space. The delivery date was set after an Indian defense team went to Israel to check the specially modified Russian IL-76 aircraft.

Two other IL-76 aircraft with AWACS are to be delivered by mid- or late-2010. Meanwhile, India and Israel are reported to be in advanced negotiations for the purchase of three more Phalcon AWACS. Eventually, all six
AWACS are to be linked with the country's first military satellite proposed to be launched by mid-2010.

India schedules AWACS acquisition for next week

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/7342/

14:42 GMT, May 11, 2009 NEW DELHI | India is expected to acquire its first Airborne Warning and Control
System (AWACS) next week, officials said on Monday, crowning its drive to achieve air dominance over rival Pakistan.
The delivery by Israel of the sophisticated Phalcon early warning radar surveillance system, set for May 20,
will also mark another milestone in growing military ties with the Jewish state.
The AWACS "will be deployed straight away," air force spokesman T.K. Singha said.

The AWACS is the first of three units that Israel Aerospace Industries agreed to sell to India as part of a 2004 deal involving India, Israel and Russia. The deal with Israel was worth 1.1 billion dollars.
The AWACS involves the mounting of surveillance equipment on the top of Russian Ilyushin-76 aircraft.

Receipt of the AWACS will also provide a deterrent to any threat from China on India's eastern frontier, defence officials say.
The delivery of the remaining two AWACS is likely to be completed by the end of 2011, other government officials said.
Senior Indian air force officials said the first Phalcon will be deployed in the northern city of Agra, which is also home to India's mainstay Ilyushin military transport aircraft fleet.
The Phalcon AWACS can simultaneously track nearly 250 flying objects within a radius of 800 kilometres (500 miles) and also has a "look-down" capability allowing it to monitor movements on the ground or at sea, officials say.
India will be the second Asian country after China to acquire the AWACS.

IAF to receive AWACS on May 25

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/7610/

13:35 GMT, May 22, 2009
Heralding a new chapter, the first Indian Air Force AWACS (Airborne Warning and
Control System) platform that altogether sets to alter the dimension of the
see-through capability of the IAF beyond conventional visions of ground-based
and tethered electromagnetic sensors, will arrive in India on May 25.

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L’Inde reçoit son premier AWACS..........photo sous le lien...

http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2009/05/28/l-inde-recoit-son-premier-awacs.html

http://fr.rian.ru/defense/20090528/121772044.html

C’est en début de semaine que l’aviation Indienne a réceptionné son premier avion AWACS
basé sur une cellule d’IL-76 russe mais équipé électroniquement par la société Israélienne ELTA.
3 ans de retard :
C’est en 2004 que l’aviation Indienne à signer un contrat de 1,1 milliard de dollars avec Israël pour la livraison de 3 avions de
détection lointaine basé sur une cellule russe de type IIyushin IL-76. Le premier avion aurait dû être livré en décembre 2007 déjà et les deux autres avion en mars 2009. Ce retard est dû dans un premier temps aux difficultés rencontrées pour l’adaptation du système Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control System à l’intérieur de la cellule puis au blocage de l’administration Américaine pour la livraison d’un tel système à l’Inde.
Radar volant :
Tout comme ses homologues occidentaux AWACS Sentry et le Mainstay russe dont seul l’avion porteur est le même, l’Inde dispose donc d’un système de surveillance aérien tout temps air air et air surface. A l’origine, Le Phalcon
Airborne Warning and Control System a été vendu au Chili et monté sur une cellule de B707. La nouvelle version disponible pour l’Inde permet de détecter des menaces aériennes et terrestre et de les suivrent en temps réel sur une portée de 400km. Le système permet de suivrent jusqu’à 60 cibles indépendamment de leur altitude ou vitesse. Les quatre moteurs ont subi diverses modifications permettant notamment d’accroître leur fiabilité et puissance.
L’Inde envisage d’acheter 3 autres systèmes de ce type à Israël une fois la livraison des deux autres exemplaires achevée l’année prochaine.

Indian Air Force considering replacment of IL-76 AWACS by 'modern aircraft' in the future

http://www.defpro.com/news/details/7717/

15:31 GMT, May 28, 2009 After inducting its first Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), the IAF
is planning to replace the Russian IL-76 aircraft with some other "modern aircraft" as the platform for the system in future.
India is the first country in South Asia to own an AWACS, popularly called 'an eye in the sky'.

"The first three AWACS will be based on the Russian IL-76s but they are older aircraft and they will be replaced with modern aircraft, which have same endurance as the IL-76," an IAF source told the news agency in New Delhi.
Officials, however, said the process to look out for new platforms for AWACS will begin only after the remaining two systems are inducted in the IAF.
The second of the AWACS is expected to be in India by early 2010 and the last one by the end of next year.
The aircraft being looked as a replacement for the IL-76 include Embraer and Gulfstream 550, which can carry
out flying missions of over nine hours at a stretch.
On operations by AWACS, the source said, "all the equipment for the system to work will take another two to three months to arrive. So, it will take three months before they start operational flying."

The aircraft will be deployed in Agra with IAF's 50 Squadron under Allahabad-based Central Air Command but will be assigned tasks directly by the Air Headquarters.

Canada’s Auroras Getting Land Surveillance Capabilities

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/canadas-auroras-getting-land-surveillance-capabilities-02996/#more-2996

Indian AWACS Moving Forward on 2 Fronts

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Indian-AWACS-Moving-Forward-on-2-Fronts-04855/

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Un petit lien wiki avec une photo du monde AEW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEW


Bonne soirée

Bonjour !

Allez je ne sais ou le poser celui là !

3 (Beaux) dirigeables d'observation, commandés fermes par l' ARMY US à NG !

Intéressant, 3 semaines d'autonomie ... vont s'ennuyer là haut, il y a peu de place !
Voire quand même, les ops entre montagnes et courants d'air, dans un pays souvent hostile, les atterros d'urgence, pourraient être vraiment désastreux !
20 000 pieds d'altitude max ... bien, mais c'est haut et montagneux l'Afghanistan! ils risquent de recevoir du plomb de type Cal 50 ou 14,5 à certains endroits, et louper une telle cible ...
Initiative assez insolite, d'autant plus que les drones font bien le boulot !

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http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/


Northrop Grumman Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle airship for the U.S. Army. (Northrop Grumman) Click photo or here to enlarge.

The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $517 million to build up to three Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle hybrid airship systems -- also known as observation blimps.

The airships will be just longer than a football field be able to linger at 20,000 feet over Afghanistan for more than three weeks providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for soldiers, Northrop Grumman said in a news release. They're set to start flying in 18 months.

"It is critical that our warfighters are equipped with more enabling integrated ISR capability to tackle today's and tomorrow's conflicts," Alan Metzger, Northrop Grumman's program manager, said in the release. "Our offering supports the Army's Joint Military Utility Assessment that this disruptive innovation must meet the Army's objective of a persistent unblinking stare while providing increased operational utility to battlefield commanders."

JPRS