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Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Prying Plane Flight Trials Conducted

EMB-145I AEW&CThe Indian Air Force is expected to receive the first Airborne Early Warning&Control (AEW&C) system by this year-end. Two AEW&C systems, built on modified Embraer EMB-145I aircraft, are undergoing flight trials with one more expected to arrive from Brazil later this year.

A senior scientist at the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS) told Express that after han ding over the first aircraft, parallel flight tests and fine-tuning of the mission systems on the second aircraft would continue, based on the IAF feedback.

The official confirmed that in addition to the airbases in and around Bangalore, the prying plane has already had flight test campaigns in Jamnagar and Agra.

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