DRDO To Develop Early Warning Jets for IAF, Under 11k Crore Project

The IAF received the first indigenously designed airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system, Netra, on the opening day of Aero India-2017 in Ba
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DRDO To Develop Early Warning Jets for IAF, Under 11k Crore Project
The IAF received the first indigenously designed airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system, Netra, on the opening day of Aero India-2017 in Bangalore in February 2017. In February 2017, the IAF received its first indigenously developed AEW&C system, which was installed on a Brazilian Embraer-145 jet, enhancing its capacity to identify hostile aircraft and missiles.  The DRDO created the Netra AEW&C system, which has a range of about 200 kilometres. According to people familiar with the situation, India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved a proposal by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for the Indian Air Force using Airbus jets purchased from Air India on Wednesday. According to one of the executives quoted above, the project is valued at approximately 11,000 crores. It was approved alongside the long-awaited acquisition of 56 C-295 medium transport planes to rep…