Russias A-100 AEW&C platform almost ready for production Acceptance trials of Russias Beriev A-100 new-generation advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft could begin in 2017, according to Anatoly Krailyuk, deputy director-general for research and development at the Vega concern that is building the new platforms radar system. Speaking on 15 August at the Oboronexpo-2014 military exhibition in Zhukovsky, Krailyuk said the new aircrafts experimental onboard equipment has been completed and its design documentation prepared; the equipment is due to be presented for acceptance trials in 2016. The A-100 uses the Il-476 (Il-76-MD-90A) military transport, powered by PS-90A-76 engines, as its base platform, a production line for which is located at the Aviastar factory in Ulyanovsk.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 05:29:02 +0000
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