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In the News (Mon 30 Nov 09)

  
  A Quarter Century of AWACS
AWACS can forward the location and track of friendly and adversary systems to users ranging from the individual pilot in a fighter cockpit to the White House Situation Room--at the same time.
AWACS crews provided data used in more than 120,000 coalition sorties and played a major role in all but two of the coalition's 40 air-to-air kills of the Gulf War.
AWACS, he said, was one of the most important of these new force multipliers, particularly when the aircraft operated in concert with the Joint STARS ground surveillance system.
www.afa.org /magazine/march2002/0302awacs.asp   (2472 words)

  
 Airborne Warning and Control System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In air-to-air combat, AWACS systems can communicate with friendly aircraft, extend their sensor range and give them added stealth, since they no longer need their own active radar to detect threats.
In Soviet service, the Beriev A-50 "Mainstay" is an AWACS conversion of the standard Ilyushin Il-76 "Candid" strategic airlifter.
Listen here to a French AWACS (callsign Cyrano) in contact with their commandpost 'Veilleur', monitored by the Frequency Monitor Centre, audiofile is in French...
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AWACS   (486 words)

  
 Indian AWACs threaten Pakistan air space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The daily flying of IAF's Russian built AWACs to obtain a photo and video view of all activity in the air or on the ground to a depth of 300 KM is a very dangerous development and in fact a provocation in the prevailing volatile Pak-India relations.
With the AWACs patrolling along the Pakistani air space, this essential element of surprise so vital for the success of air defence action and air interceptions is gone.
With enhanced vigilance by CAPs whenever the IAF AWACs are snooping near sensitive areas or are in violation of air space, it is possible to force them to land.
www.defencejournal.com /2000/july/awacs.htm   (1652 words)

  
 AWACS
Awacs designed and built an automated archiving system which stood the test of millions of audio sessions.
Awacs is one of only two licensees in the world for this content.
Awacs did the transcoding for such material as media interviews, training videos and the entertaining series of ads for the Y2K Commission, featuring the award winning animated coachroach.
www.awacs.co.nz /marketing   (930 words)

  
 AWACS(Airborne Warning and Control System), Indian Airforce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The AWACS played a crucial role during the Gulf War and has been described as the ``King on the chessboard of a modern air battle''.
Though there are no weapons on board, an AWACS has an important role to play in an attack and is a force multiplier of immense tactical value.
An AWACS is a complete command and control system, with airbattle control staff, computers, displays and secure communications.
www.geocities.com /siafdu/awacs3.html   (367 words)

  
 E-3 Sentry (AWACS)
ESD was chosen to manage the AWACS because there had been a continuing migration of command, control and communications systems from ground to airborne platforms at the division which greatly broadened its scope and mission.
AWACS was actually designed in the 1970's and was originally conceived as a system to aid European air defenses against incoming Russian bombers.
AWACS personnel didn't receive helicopter flight schedules in Northern Iraq.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/e-3.htm   (1782 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: China Now Test-Flying Homemade AWACS
Analysts said the AWACS marks an important step in the government's campaign to develop the modern military necessary to back up its threat to reunite Taiwan with the mainland by force if necessary.
In particular, AWACS has long been seen by the military as an indispensable tool for air superiority over the 100-mile strait separating Taiwan from the mainland.
The AWACS could be operational within one or two years assuming the tests are successful, the specialists said.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A46477-2004Nov12?language=printer   (854 words)

  
 AWACS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
If AWACS gives you a nearest bandit call, but reports "I don't have any targets" when you request nearest threat, then you are definately looking at strikers with no escorts.
Not only do you have to listen to what the threats are, but you need to be aware of their relative position to your aircraft off the nose.
If you are flying a heading of 350 degrees, and AWACS calls nearest bandit at 270 degrees, and nearest threat at 070 degrees, then you have strikers on your left wing, and fighters on your right wing.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/rpurvis/awacs.htm   (498 words)

  
 Boeing: Products-United Kingdom E-3 AWACS
The first AWACS for the United Kingdom rolled out of Boeing facilities in July 1989 and began an extensive test program, which led to the first delivery in March 1991.
AWACS aircraft from the air forces of the United States, Saudi Arabia and NATO were involved in the action, and the multi-national fleet was credited with coordinating most of the 120,000 sorties flown by coalition aircraft.
AWACS' role in the Gulf climaxed a series of assignments that included deployment to Saudi Arabia during the Iran-Iraq war, dispatch to Korea following the assassination of President Park and deployment to Egypt in response to the Libyan bombing of the Sudan.
www.boeing.com /defense-space/infoelect/awacs/uke3.html   (1006 words)

  
 Papers from the Indian Defence Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
AWACS E-3 aircraft were delivered between June 1986 and September 1987, and are operated by No. 18 Squadron at Riyadh Military City Airport.
The most recent large AWACS in production is the Boeing E-767, part of a company effort to find a successor to the successful -707 airframe conversion.
What is interesting in the AWACS market is the growing number of alternatives available in the twin-engined airframe market, mostly conversions of civil aircraft designs to fit a particular electronic suite.
www.bharat-rakshak.com /LANCER/idr00012.htm   (7465 words)

  
 awacs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft is prepared for flight in November 1997.
AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) is a radar-based electronic system designed to carry out airborne surveillance, and C3 (command, control and communications) functions for both tactical and air defence forces.
The system is designed and built by Boeing (Defense & Space Group) using Northrop Grumman radar and flown on either the E-3 Sentry aircraft (Boeing 707) or more recently a modified Boeing 767.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /AWACS.html   (162 words)

  
 AWACS to Bridge the Technological Gap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
AWACS is being developed primarily to fulfill two vital military requirements, those of strategic air defense and tactical command and control.
Thus, AWACS is being developed to provide the increased flexibility and responsiveness required to react throughout the spectrum of operations from peacetime through total war.
AWACS is being developed with the capability to operate from a bare base (with only POL support required) for extended periods of time.
www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1972/may-jun/pearce.html   (2241 words)

  
 AWACS ATD
The E-3 Sentry is a modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with a rotating radar dome.
When flying a surveillance mission, the AWACS operators attempt to monitor all of the airborne objects in a potentially large region.
The tracker processes data in first-come-first-served order, and thus fails to process the later data received from a particular sensor once its track-processing capacity is exceeded.
www.real-time.org /awacsatd.htm   (1004 words)

  
 Boeing: Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS) - benefits & military derivatives
Like the E-3 AWACS, the 767 AWACS will prove itself to be a deterrent to aggression, as well as a force multiplier for air defense weapon systems.
Also, because the 767 AWACS is interoperable with the AWACS fleet now in service, the program offers the U.S. and its allies a means to strengthen areas of regional instability through country-to-country cooperation, while at the same time reinforcing the surveillance capabilities of individual nations.
Countries that select the 767 AWACS to meet their AEWandC needs also can take advantage of the opportunity to share resources such as overseas training and aircraft support, and the potential to share funding for future upgrade programs.
www.mdc.com /defense-space/ic/awacs/767/767benefits.html   (298 words)

  
 AWACS to get BOSE Active Noise Reduction headsets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The persistent noise AWACS aircrews are subjected to actually induces added fatigue on those “long-haul” missions that can last in upwards of 14 to 16 hours.
The AWACS SPO was asked to review a report produced by the Air Mobility Battlelab, which conducted an extensive market survey and assessment of ANR headsets for Air Mobility Command aircrews.
Since a spatial audio upgrade to the AWACS communications system would require the use of stereo headsets, it was obvious that there could be synergy in evaluating ANR and spatial audio as part of one project, he said.
www.hanscom.af.mil /hansconian/Articles/2003Arts/09122003-03.htm   (903 words)

  
 "Why Saudi Arabia Needs The AWACS"
The AWACS or better known as the E-3A is a modified Boeing 707-320B aircraft with added surveillance radar, computer and communication equipment.
By obtaining the AWACS Saudi Arabia will feel secure that its oil export to the West and importing the West goods are protecting in a very advanced technology surveillance.
A perception by western-oriented nations in the region of encirclement by the Soviet Union and its allies due to increased Soviet military capability and a Soviet willingness to use military force to achieve its goals as demonstrated by its occupation of Afghanistan.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1987/ASE.htm   (1399 words)

  
 AWACS THAT FIGHT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The AWACS directs fighters toward enemy threats where fighters use onboard radar to shoot down enemy bogeys almost 100 miles away.
Since the large AWACS is slow to turn, these missiles could be mounted on flat turrets beneath the aircraft so they can be aimed toward a target without turning the aircraft.
A cruise missile guided by the AWACS would carry an AMRAAM missile warhead until the AMRAAMs internal radar detects a target, fires, and detaches from the cruise missile.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/6747/twaams.htm   (327 words)

  
 Air Force Technology - 767 AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System
The surveillance system is based on a flexible, multi-mode radar, which enables AWACS to separate maritime and airborne targets from ground and sea clutter radar returns.
The main AWACS operations cabin behind the flight deck is laid out in equipment bays for communications, data and signal processing, navigation, and identification equipment.
The AWACS officers and operator stations are equipped with Hazeltine command and control consoles fitted with high-resolution colour displays.
www.airforce-technology.com /projects/767awacs   (914 words)

  
 Air Force Technology - E-3 AWACS - Airborne Warning and Control System
During the 1990 to 1991 Operation Desert Storm, some 845 AWACS sorties were flown and NATO E-3s have also played a major role in the United Nations' enforcement of the no-fly zone over Bosnia and during the Kosovo crisis.
The primary radar housed in the rotodome is the Northrop Grumman AN/APY-1/2 AWACS radar.
The USA and NATO E-3 AWACS aircraft are powered by four Pratt and Whitney TF-33-PW- 100/100A turbofan, 21,000lb-thrust jet engines, mounted in pods under the wings.
www.airforce-technology.com /projects/e3awacs/index.html   (992 words)

  
 Selling AWACS to China
The AWACS deal is worth a fortune to Israel, in both monetary and diplomatic coinage.
The AWACS are neither the first nor the last of the items on Jiang Zemin's shopping list.
Israel is fortified in its resistance to United States demands to cancel the AWACS deal by memories of the American supply of similar spy planes to Saudi Arabia nearly 20 years ago.
www.jewishjournal.com /old/silver.4.28.0.htm   (747 words)

  
 Global Defence Review : Airborne watch
The capability provided by AWACS for air warfare was looked upon enviously by ground commanders who began programmes to field their own equivalents.
The Boeing AWACS first flew in 1972 and since then approximately 34 E-3A/B/C aircraft have been delivered to the USAF, 18 E-3A operate with the NATO Airborne Early Warning Force, seven E-3D are in British Royal Air Force service, five E-3A were bought for the Royal Saudi Air Force and France has four E-3F.
Boeing and their sub-systems suppliers have upgraded the basic AWACS regularly to ensure it is capable of dealing with newly evolved threats.
www.global-defence.com /1997/AirbourneWatch.html   (1587 words)

  
 JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY - China's New AWACS.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first AWACS program has a phased array radar system mounted on a IL-76 and looks very similar to the Phalcon.
AEW&C or AWACS are operate far away from enemy fire and therefore conducting early warning to ground anti-air forces and control cordinated attacks to enemy targets.
AWACS have been safe so far only because their operators have overwhelming air superiority.
www.centurychina.com /plaboard/archive/3663382.shtml   (1529 words)

  
 GNU AWACS - The Advanced Monitoring And Control Structure - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
GNU AWACS is a project aimed at giving you complete knowledge and control over anything that happens on your machine or within a network.
The effectiveness of GNU AWACS is only limited by your imagination, but you do not need to have a complex configuration - if all you want is a simple tool to monitor some logfiles and devices like the GNU AWACS predecessor, the GNU Xlogmaster, it can also do this for you.
At the moment, GNU AWACS is in a transition phase between the old layout and a new structure - so there is a lot of duplicate code right now which is the reason why I cannot supply a newer version at the moment (noone would be able to really work with the code).
www.gnu.org /software/awacs/awacs.html   (690 words)

  
 Pakistan Looking To Acquire FT-2000 "AWACS Killers"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
FT-2000 commonly known as "AWACS Killers", surface to air missile (SAM), designed by Chinese experts are considered to be the most appropriate option, if the USA refuses to provide the same kind of "AWACS" to Pakistan which are being sold to India by Israel under the approval of Washington.
Pakistan and China are equally concerned over the India-Israel Phalcon deal concluded with Washington's acquiescence and are of the view that the transfer of AWACS technology to India would challenge the delicate conventional military equilibrium in South Asia, disturbing the no win situation which guarantees peace in the region.
Indian clarification that it will use the Phalcons in only 'Kargil type of intrusions' has failed to assuage authorities in Beijing, who believe that the India-Israel-Russia Il-76-Phalcon deal is deleterious for regional peace as Phalcons are force-multipliers and would dramatically alter the conventional weapons balance in the region.
www.pakistanidefence.com /news/FullNews/2003/October2003/awacsKillers.htm   (446 words)

  
 STSC CrossTalk - Implementing COTS Open Systems Technology on AWACS - Sep 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The purpose of this paper is to share experiences the AWACS development team encountered during the integration of COTS technology into the legacy E-3 weapon system.
While recognizing the implementation of COTS-based systems as an enabler to modernization, AWACS operational users are extremely cautious of COTS in their day-to-day operations because the hardware was not designed to harsh environments.
For high volume manufacturers, the AWACS business represents a small portion of their market, so it is often difficult to receive adequate technical support on a timely basis.
www.stsc.hill.af.mil /crosstalk/2000/09/milligan.html   (4201 words)

  
 Airborne Warning and Control System - Wikipedia
Das Airborne Warning and Control System (Abkürzung: AWACS) ist ein radarbasiertes elektronisches System, das zur Luftraumaufklärung und als Einsatzleitzentrale eingesetzt wird.
Der AWACS ist eine zentrale Komponente in jedem Luftkrieg im Rahmen der Network Centric Warfare-Doktrin.
Dezember 1978 in Brüssel billigen die Minister das Programm für das fliegende NATO-Frühwarn- und Kontrollsystem und unterzeichnen ein entsprechende multilaterale Grundsatzvereinbarung.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/AWACS   (469 words)

  
 Protocolo AWACS
Ya de forma más centrada en nuestro simulador, los procedimientos para hacer uso del enlace de datos AWACS deben seguir un protocolo rígido que evitará confusiones.
Asimismo, el AWACS podrá ordenar este tipo de acciones si lo considera necesario.
El operador AWACS deberá hacer uso del chat en la medida de los posible para que las cifras queden perfectamente claras y estas informaciones no tengan que ser innecesariamente repetidas a los demás miembros del ala.
www.alasrojas.com /Escuela/awacs/Protocolo.html   (1110 words)

  
 E-3 Sentry (AWACS) - Military Aircraft
PDM is accomplished on a cyclic calendar basis to correct defects that have been identified as non-correctable by any one modification and are expected to re-occur throughout the life of the weapon system.
AWACS sensor data would be downlinked using LOS and/or SATCOM similar to the ground element of JSTARS today, but using the GBS (AWACS Comm Upgrades) with satellite cross-link capability.
Air Force enhances AWACS capability - 13 May 1998 - (AFNS) -- The Block 30/35 modification is the largest upgrade in the Airborne Warning and Control System's 20-year history.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/e-3.htm   (2525 words)

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