Denis Akimov
07/21/2021 13:23:48
Zhukovsky (Moscow region). 21 July. INTERFAX - Rosoboronexport is considering the possibility of supplying a long-range radar detection aircraft (AWACS) to one of the African countries, the head of the company Alexander Mikheev told Interfax.
Rosoboronexport is working on a foreign customer's application for the supply of this aircraft to one of the African countries, "Mikheev said, answering the agency's question.
He did not name the country of interest, as well as the modification of the aircraft, which the customer intends to purchase.
The Russian Armed Forces have an A-50 AWACS aircraft, which is also called "flying radar" or Russian AWACS. The main weapon of the A-50 is the Shmel radio-technical complex, which can detect targets within a radius of up to 600 km and simultaneously conduct up to 300 targets: air, ground and surface.
In 2003, the Russian Federation signed a contract with India for the supply of three A-50EI aircraft equipped with complexes of the Israeli company ELTA Electronics Industries Phalcon. All three machines were delivered to the customer in 2010. Other export deliveries of the A-50 were not reported.
Currently, A-50 combat aircraft are being upgraded to the A-50U level. In the course of modernization, the detection range of various types of aircraft has increased and the number of simultaneously targeted attack aircraft has increased.
In addition, on the basis of the A-50, a promising aircraft for the A-100 radar patrol and guidance is being created, the capabilities of which will allow detecting new classes of targets, guiding and controlling strike aircraft. The first flight of the A-100 took place on November 18, 2017, and the aircraft is currently undergoing testing.
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