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| A-100 Makes Maiden Flight: Qualitative Leap in AWACS Capability |
| 2017-12-17 |
| [StrategicCulture] November 18 was a historic date for the Russian Aerospace Forces. The A-100 Premier airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft, nicknamed "a flying mushroom" due to the distinctive rotating radar dome above the fuselage, completed its maiden flight. The test was conducted by the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex (TANTK), located near the Sea of Azov. The aircraft is intended to replace Russian Aerospace Forces A-50 and A-50U Mainstay aircraft beginning in 2020 ‐ about the same time as the S-500 air defense system enters service. The A-100 will be another important component of Russia’s anti-access/area-denial arsenal monitoring potentially contested air space. "This is one of [the] priorities of the current arms procurement program," Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said in March 2017. Based on the Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft, the new AWACS plane will feature completely new systems: avionics, mission systems, and work stations to help reduce the workload for the flight crew and systems operators. |
| Posted by:Anomalous Sources |
| #6 "The Kursk of the Air" was shot down |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-12-17 16:10 |
| #5 nicknamed "a flying mushroom" Some state of the art nicknaming there. |
| Posted by: Unusomble Gromorong1349 2017-12-17 15:44 |
| #4 Too many eggs in one basket. The A-100 can spot aerial targets more than 370 miles away and warships nearly 250 miles from the aircraft. So they still haven't beat the wave spray sparkle? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-12-17 10:00 |
| #3 I apologize for an unrelated post but speaking surveillance in the sky. You folks might want to see these F-18 cockpit videos. Forget the article and Harry Reid's involvement. Starting in about 1967 it was a career problem for any Air Force crews to report objects. We had a staff member (former SAC Bomber pilot) explained the UFO kiss of death in my office. As well as two off our friends who were former Duluth Air Force radar traffic operators saying the same thing. The do not report it was the hard mantra. Now with fighter auto filming systems we have these videos coming out. Two clips, listen to the pilots freaking out. Enjoy. A video shows an encounter between a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet and an unknown object. It was released by the Defense Department's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2017-12-17 09:23 |
| #2 The new AWACS boasts the new Vega Premier faster scanning active phased array radar (APAR), which manually scans in azimuth, but electronically in elevation Ha,ha! This Russian AESA is the Brazilian Landing Strip of Radars. Come back when you have enough elements to also scan horizontally. |
| Posted by: Bertie Johnson4996 2017-12-17 08:44 |
| #1 ...Don't watch the nice man running his mouth about how great it is. Watch to see how many they actually build on a production line. I suspect it won't be many. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-12-17 07:35 |