DefenceTalkPakistan is due to receive new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. Air Forces Monthly reported on May 19, 2017 that Pakistan will take delivery of three Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C aircraft, with the first coming in December of this year. The second and third aircraft will be delivered next year. The magazine spoke […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-to-receive-three-saab-2000-erieye-aircraft-70012/

DefenceTalkEarlier this month, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that 2016 will see the introduction of three powerful ‘Voronezh’-series early warning radar systems. Adding to four stations of their type already in operation, the new systems’ appearance will help lead, by 2020, to a full-scale modernization of the Russia’s early warning radar network. The Voronezh radar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-building-a-powerful-new-early-warning-radar-network-66353/

DefenceTalkKONYA, Turkey: Boeing delivered the fourth and final Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Air Force at Konya Air Base today, completing the Turkish AEW&C fleet and enhancing Turkey’s airspace surveillance and battle management capabilities. This final aircraft includes upgraded software for the platform and the final element of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-delivers-final-peace-eagle-aewc-aircraft-to-turkey-66037/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.7 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-to-buy-e-2d-advanced-hawkeye-airborne-early-warning-and-control-aircraft-64377/

DefenceTalkUnder the terms of a U.S. FMS contract announced in March, Lockheed Martin will provide the Turkish Air Force with electronic warfare modernization on board its fleet of F-16s. The contract, valued at $13.98 million, has a period lasting through the conclusion of December 2017, and will fit the ALQ-211(V)9 Advanced Integrated Electronic Warfare System […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-gets-enhanced-airborne-ew-63805/

DefenceTalkCapable of tracking nearly 100 vehicles at once, the Chinese military has launched its new airborne early warning and control aircraft (AEW and C), taking to the skies with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The PLAAF has been offering sneak peeks into the existence of the KJ-500 for months now. Late last year, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-army-gets-brand-new-early-warning-and-control-aircraft-63731/

DefenceTalkThe new Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A military cargo plane just entering series production in Ulyanovsk has completed its maiden flight. It will become the platform for a future long-range radar detection and control prototype plane, A-100. Concern Vega, which is part of the United Instrument Corporation, has developed a state-of-the-art radar system for the new plane. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-develop-new-aew-aircraft-60721/

DefenceTalkJapan’s defence ministry wants to develop its own early-warning aircraft, replacing US-made planes as the Chinese and Russian air forces grow more assertive, a report said Sunday. The ministry has asked for an initial 80 million yen ($642,000) from the finance ministry for the next fiscal year starting April to produce a mock aircraft, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-wants-its-own-early-warning-planes-report-60632/

DefenceTalkRussia and India plan on signing a contract to supply India with A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, Beriev Aircraft Company General Director-General Designer Igor Garivadsky told journalists Tuesday. “We plan on signing a deal with the Republic of India to deliver the A-50 aircraft,” Garivadsky said. The A-50 aircraft are intended to detect, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-plans-to-supply-india-with-a-50-aircraft-60441/

DefenceTalkThe Moscow-based Kommersant newspaper claims citing a source in the Russian Defense Ministry that the last satellite of the Oko-1 ballistic missile attack early warning system has been lost. In April, the 71XC satellite codenamed Cosmos-2479 stopped sending signals and became de-facto unmanageable, the source said, adding that attempts to reanimate it had failed. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-loses-its-last-early-warning-satellite-59992/