India still looking into buying 3 more A-50EI AWACS.
Citat:Aug 15/14: AWACS – more A-50EI? Russian media say that India may be reconsidering its AWACS needs, and buying another 3 A-50EIs after all:
“India is mulling possible delivery of another three AEW&C aircrafts, talks are on now,” the commission’s source said. He did not specify a timeline planned for a deal to strike.
The delivery of AEW&C aircrafts is planned “in the same configuration” as under the agreement in 2003, he said.
Meanwhile, the source added that after the A-50 delivery a contract for their maintenance was signed with India…”
India’s government recently changed hands in a BJP landslide, and the new government is trying to push a number of defense projects forward. It’s hard to say whether India is trying to compare more A-50s vs. the DRDO AWACS program, or simply decided that India will need 6 full AWACS planes long before 2020. If they are in the same configuration, of course, the IL-76s will need to head to Israel for modifications. Sources: ITAR-TASS, “India plans to buy 3 radar reconnaissance aircrafts A-50 in Russia”.
India still looking into buying 3 more A-50EI AWACS.
Citat:Aug 15/14: AWACS – more A-50EI? Russian media say that India may be reconsidering its AWACS needs, and buying another 3 A-50EIs after all:
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Izgleda da se radi na tom poslu. Kako javlja blog bmpd iz Taškenta (Uzbekistan) u Rusiju se prebacuju dva nezavršena IL-76TD.
A-100 “Premier” AWACS aircraft will be tested in 2015
Citat:Specialists of Akhtubinsk State Proving Flying Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense will carry out testing of A-100 “Premier” AWACS aircraft in 2015, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the representative of the press-service of Russian Ministry of Defense on Air Forces, Colonel Igor Klimov.
Citat:A-100 “Premier” is the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft derived from Il-76MD-90A powered by PS-90A-76 engines. The jet will be fitted with active phased antenna array. The first aircraft of the type should be delivered to Russian air forces in 2016. On November 21st 2014 Beriev Aircraft Company took delivery of the first Il-76MD-90A jet and started converting it into A-100 AWACS aircraft.
