AWACS/Command post aircrafts of RuAF

Batajnica wrote:The Russian Air Force should upgrade and improve A-50AWACS.
Phased array radar is used to upgrade airborne electronic reconnaissance system, air intelligence processing system and communication system

George1 wrote:Russia’s Defense Ministry mulls option of light radar surveillance aircraft

An enterprise is currently producing A-100 new radar surveillance and guidance aircraft

TAGANROG, June 23. /TASS/. Russia’s Defense Ministry is studying the issue of developing a light radar surveillance and guidance plane, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said on Friday.

"I think we’ll be raising the issue before the industry for developing such an aviation complex, perhaps, on the basis of a light transport aircraft," the deputy defense minister said during his visit to the Taganrog-based Beriev Aviation Research and Technical Complex.
"At least the analogues of such a plane exist in the world," Borisov said.

The Beriev Aviation Enterprise is currently producing A-100 new radar surveillance and guidance aircraft.


More:
http://tass.com/defense/953112

PapaDragon wrote:

Cyberspec wrote:They're on a roll the past few days...

The A-100 AEW/surveillance aircraft has made it's maiden flight on Saturday, announced the press service of the Vega concern

http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/4740350

Alright, what are the differences visible?

PapaDragon wrote:

Cheetah wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

Surely my eyes are playing tricks, but, does the tail look like it is slopped down at some ridiculous angle in this shot. Looks as if it's pointed at that aircraft nose.

Cheetah wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

Surely my eyes are playing tricks, but, does the tail look like it is slopped down at some ridiculous angle in this shot. Looks as if it's pointed at that aircraft nose.

George1 wrote:
Part of the equipment

The A-100 as a whole repeats the appearance of the A-50 AWACS aircraft, which has a radar installed in the rotating fairing over the fuselage. The radar operates in the S-band (wavelength 7.5-15 cm), has an electronic scanning in height and mechanical - along the horizon. The radar makes 12 revolutions per minute, that is, twice as fast as the A-50 Shmel radar. The efficiency of detection of flying targets is also improved. All other systems are also new, among them the navigation and flight control system PNK-PM.

On the fuselage A-100 installed additional antennas, especially noticeable round fairing in the nose, which is supposedly located antenna passive accompaniment. A similar antenna is also available at the rear of the fuselage. Another antenna is located on the side of the fuselage in the area of ​​the fairing of the chassis. Presumably, this is an element of the airborne complex of defense. Like the A-50, the A-100 has a satellite communication antenna in the upper part of the fuselage.
The characteristics of the A-100 can be estimated from its export version A-100E. Its radar is capable of escorting up to 300 targets at a distance of 650 km (for example, a heavy bomber at a high altitude) or 215 km (an EPR target of the order of 1 km.) And control 30 fighters. The aircraft can be in the air up to six hours at a distance of 1000 km from its base. A-100 should replace the existing ARL-50 and A-50U aircraft. Russia has 17 A-50 aircraft based in Ivanovo, 250 km from Moscow.

A-50 and A-50U

By 2017, four A-50s were upgraded to version A-50U with the installation of the Shmel-M system. In comparison with the original version, "Shmel-M" is equipped with a new digital data processing system, which replaced the analog system of the previous modification. This reduced mass and increased reliability. According to some sources, the modernized aircraft can detect up to 150 targets at distances up to 600 km, compared to 45 targets for the A-50. The "Bumblebee" radar with mechanical scanning remained unchanged. The transfer of data was improved by installing LCD monitors instead of cathode ray tubes. Communication and navigation facilities have also been replaced. Unlike the base A-50, the A-50U is equipped with not only a kitchen and restrooms, but also a rest room for the crew. The old D-30KP-2 engines remained on the plane. The only external difference between the two modifications is the small planes in the fairing area of ​​the main landing gear rails. At A-50 they served to protect the radar from reflected signals from the Earth.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2607102.html

Stealthflanker wrote:Oh so the A-100 Radar only scans in elevation.  Similar as the E-3 Sentry.  I wonder why they not adopt full 3D scanning. Thus allow optimized sector scan mode like E-2D Hawkeye.

A-100 provides control drones

The developers of radar surveillance aircraft A-100, which recently made its first flight, were given the task to manage unmanned aircraft, reports Interfax Post newspaper "Red Star".

The new multifunctional aviation complex has the ability to not only receive and process information more targets at long range. It has been tasked to provide control of the developers UAV from board A-100

It is also reported that the new complex should not only work on air and ground targets, but also ensure the implementation of more complex tasks in the field of air and space defense. Last Saturday, the A-100 made its maiden flight. It took off from the airfield of Taganrog Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex. GM Beriev.


Aircraft equipment can "quickly build radar picture at a given operating direction, detect and track aircraft and other objects, as well as participate in the management of fighter and attack aircraft when hovering on air, land and sea targets."


The new complex of A-100 is equipped with a new generation system made based on the most advanced technologies and components. "This applies to the means of obtaining information, and the computer system for its processing, as well as the automated workplaces of operators", - stated in the material.

All radio equipment created concern Vega (included Rostec). The work on the project involved extensive co-operation of the domestic industry enterprises with the support of the leading scientific centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Also it carried planned upgrading electronic systems which are already in the armament VKS Russia, in particular, A-50 upgrade to A-50U.

https://topwar.ru/130025-rossiyskiy-a-100-obespechit-upravlenie-bespilotnikami.html

Cyberspec wrote:

Do you mean scan electronically 360deg ?