The AEW&C Mk 2 based on the Airbus A321 platform. The DRDO is modifying six aircraft. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) displayed an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system being developed for the Indian Air Force (IAF), at Defexpo 2022, being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 18 to 22 October.

The system, which is known as the AEW&C Mk 2, is being developed by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), a lab of the DRDO.

CABS said that work to finalise development of the new mission systems is continuing. The systems will be integrated with the Airbus A321 narrowbody twin-engined jetliner platform.

According to K Rajalakshmi Menon, director of CABS, six A321s have been procured from the airline, Air India, for adaptation as AEW&C aircraft.

Menon told Janes that the system offers improvements compared with existing AEW&C mission systems deployed on Embraer EMB-145 Netra aircraft. Janes data specifies that two Netras are operational with the IAF.

The AEW&C Mk 2 based on the Airbus A321 platform. The DRDO is modifying six aircraft. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) displayed an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system being developed for the Indian Air Force (IAF), at Defexpo 2022, being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 18 to 22 October.

The system, which is known as the AEW&C Mk 2, is being developed by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), a lab of the DRDO.

CABS said that work to finalise development of the new mission systems is continuing. The systems will be integrated with the Airbus A321 narrowbody twin-engined jetliner platform.

According to K Rajalakshmi Menon, director of CABS, six A321s have been procured from the airline, Air India, for adaptation as AEW&C aircraft.

Menon told Janes that the system offers improvements compared with existing AEW&C mission systems deployed on Embraer EMB-145 Netra aircraft. Janes data specifies that two Netras are operational with the IAF.

The AEW&C Mk 2 based on the Airbus A321 platform. The DRDO is modifying six aircraft. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) displayed an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system being developed for the Indian Air Force (IAF), at Defexpo 2022, being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 18 to 22 October.

The system, which is known as the AEW&C Mk 2, is being developed by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), a lab of the DRDO.

CABS said that work to finalise development of the new mission systems is continuing. The systems will be integrated with the Airbus A321 narrowbody twin-engined jetliner platform.

According to K Rajalakshmi Menon, director of CABS, six A321s have been procured from the airline, Air India, for adaptation as AEW&C aircraft.

Menon told Janes that the system offers improvements compared with existing AEW&C mission systems deployed on Embraer EMB-145 Netra aircraft. Janes data specifies that two Netras are operational with the IAF.

The AEW&C Mk 2 based on the Airbus A321 platform. The DRDO is modifying six aircraft. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) displayed an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system being developed for the Indian Air Force (IAF), at Defexpo 2022, being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 18 to 22 October.

The system, which is known as the AEW&C Mk 2, is being developed by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), a lab of the DRDO.

CABS said that work to finalise development of the new mission systems is continuing. The systems will be integrated with the Airbus A321 narrowbody twin-engined jetliner platform.

According to K Rajalakshmi Menon, director of CABS, six A321s have been procured from the airline, Air India, for adaptation as AEW&C aircraft.

Menon told Janes that the system offers improvements compared with existing AEW&C mission systems deployed on Embraer EMB-145 Netra aircraft. Janes data specifies that two Netras are operational with the IAF.

The AEW&C Mk 2 based on the Airbus A321 platform. The DRDO is modifying six aircraft. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) displayed an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system being developed for the Indian Air Force (IAF), at Defexpo 2022, being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 18 to 22 October.

The system, which is known as the AEW&C Mk 2, is being developed by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), a lab of the DRDO.

CABS said that work to finalise development of the new mission systems is continuing. The systems will be integrated with the Airbus A321 narrowbody twin-engined jetliner platform.

According to K Rajalakshmi Menon, director of CABS, six A321s have been procured from the airline, Air India, for adaptation as AEW&C aircraft.

Menon told Janes that the system offers improvements compared with existing AEW&C mission systems deployed on Embraer EMB-145 Netra aircraft. Janes data specifies that two Netras are operational with the IAF.

The AEW&C Mk 2 based on the Airbus A321 platform. The DRDO is modifying six aircraft. (Janes/Akhil Kadidal)

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) displayed an advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system being developed for the Indian Air Force (IAF), at Defexpo 2022, being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from 18 to 22 October.

The system, which is known as the AEW&C Mk 2, is being developed by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS), a lab of the DRDO.

CABS said that work to finalise development of the new mission systems is continuing. The systems will be integrated with the Airbus A321 narrowbody twin-engined jetliner platform.

According to K Rajalakshmi Menon, director of CABS, six A321s have been procured from the airline, Air India, for adaptation as AEW&C aircraft.

Menon told Janes that the system offers improvements compared with existing AEW&C mission systems deployed on Embraer EMB-145 Netra aircraft. Janes data specifies that two Netras are operational with the IAF.