The A-100 AWACS has begun a new phase of flight tests

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The flying radar A-100 made the first flight as part of a new test phase.


MOSCOW, February 9 - RIA News . A promising aircraft of the A-100 Premier radar patrol, guidance and control aircraft has begun a new phase of flight tests, the Ruselectronics holding (part of Rostec) told RIA Novosti.

А-100 was created by the cooperation of enterprises as part of the head developer of Concern Vega JSC (included in the Ruselectronics holding), JSC TANTK them. Gm Beriev "and a number of other organizations of the military-industrial complex of the country.

"On February 8, the first flight of the multifunctional aviation complex of the radar patrol and A-100 guidance was held as part of the preliminary flight test program," the press service said.
Previously, the aircraft made several flights as part of flight tests.

The holding specified that during the flight the flight and navigation characteristics of the base aircraft, the automatic control system operation were checked, the characteristics of the aeroelastic stability of the airframe were evaluated, and the communication algorithms between the flight crew and the ground control station were tested. In addition, by the beginning of the program of preliminary flight tests, the aircraft’s fuselage was painted in the colors of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Verba, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, General Designer of Concern Vega, JSC, noted: “The important stage of testing the A-100, the aviation complex, which embodies the most advanced developments, has begun. It is symbolic that this happened on the Day of Russian Science. Radioelectronics and aircraft builders proved that the level of scientific research and design development in creating radar patrols and guidance aircraft in our country is not only not inferior to the world, but also surpasses it in a number of key indicators. "

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense, the multifunctional aviation complex A-100 was developed in connection with the advent of new classes of targets and the creation of fighter aircraft of the new generation. Its capabilities far exceed both domestic and foreign counterparts, including the DRLO E-3 aircraft of the US Air Force.

Source: ria.ru

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