This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes.
List of AEW aircraft
[edit]| Type | Origin | Status | Class | Entered service in | Quantity Ordered | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-71 | USSR | Production | Jet | 1985 | 3 | 2 engines |
| AgustaWestland Model 112/EH-101A | Italy | Production | Rotorcraft | 2009 | 4 | 3 engines |
| AgustaWestland Merlin Crowsnest | UK | Production | Rotorcraft | 2021 | 1+ (Growing) | ? |
| Avro Shackleton AEW.2 | UK | Production | Propeller | 1972 | 12 | 4 engines |
| Beriev A-50 | USSR | Production | Jet | 1978 | 40 ~ | 4 engines |
| Boeing 707 Phalcon/Condor | Israel | Production | Jet | 1993 | 2+ | 4 engines |
| Boeing 737 AEW&C | Australia | Production | Jet | 2004 | 14 | 2 engines |
| Boeing B-29 AEW | US | Production | Propeller | 1951 | 3 | 4 engines |
| Boeing EC-137D | US | Production | Jet | 1972 | 2 | 4 engines |
| Boeing E-3 Sentry | US | Production | Jet | 1975 | 68 | 4 engines |
| Boeing E-767 | Japan | Production | Jet | 1996 | 4 | 2 engines |
| Boeing PB-1W Flying Fortress | US | Production | Propeller | 1945 | 31 | 4 engines |
| Bombardier Global 6000 | Sweden | Ordered | Jet | 2018 | 8+ | 2 engines[1] |
| British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 | UK | Project | Jet | 1980 | 11 | 4 engines |
| Britten-Norman Defender AEW | UK | Prototype | Propeller | 1988 | 2+ | 2 engines |
| Douglas Skyraider AEW variants | US | Production | Propeller | 1947 | 418 | 1 engine |
| EADS CASA C-295 AEW | Spain | Prototype | Propeller | 2011 | 1 | 2 engines |
| Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&C | Brazil | Production | Jet | 1999 | 15+ | 2 engines |
| Fairey Gannet AEW.3 | UK | Production | Propeller | 1958 | 44 | 1 double engine |
| Fairey Gannet AEW.7 | UK | Project | Propeller | ? | 0 | 1 engine |
| Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1B | US | Production | Aerostat | 1955 | 3 | ? |
| Goodyear ZPG-3W | US | Production | Aerostat | 1958 | 4 | ? |
| Grumman E-1 Tracer | US | Production | Propeller | 1956 | 88 | 2 engines |
| Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | US | Production | Propeller | 1960 | 276 | 2 engines |
| Grumman TBM-3W Avenger | US | Production | Propeller | 1944 | 40 | 1 engine |
| Gulfstream G550/IAI Eitam | Israel/US | Production | Jet | 2006 | 8 | 2 engines |
| Hawker Siddeley P.139B | UK | Project | Jet | 1966 | 0 | 2 engines |
| Kamov Ka-31 | USSR | Production | Rotorcraft | 1983 | 35+ | ? |
| KJ-1 AEWC | China | Prototype | Propeller | 1971 | 2 | 4 engines |
| KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam' | China | Production | Propeller | 2001 | 13 | 4 engines |
| KJ-2000 | China | Production | Jet | 2003 | 5 | 4 engines |
| KJ-3000 | China | Prototype | Jet | 2013 | 4 | 4 engines |
| Lockheed AMSS (S-3 derivative) | US | Project | Jet | ? | 0 | 2 engines |
| Netra Mk.1 on ERJ-145 by DRDO | India | Production | Jet | 2011 | 3 | 2 engines |
| Netra Mk.2 on A321 by DRDO | India | In development | Jet | 2028 | 6 | 2 engines |
| Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning Star | US | Production | Propeller | 1949 | 232 | 4 engines |
| Lockheed EC-130V Hercules | US | ? | Propeller | 1991 | 1 | 4 engines |
| Lockheed P-3 Orion AEW&C | US | Production | Propeller | 1988 | 8 | 4 engines |
| Saab 340 AEW&C (S 100 B/D Argus) | Sweden | Production | Propeller | 1994 | 8 | 2 engines |
| Saab 2000 AEW&C | Sweden | Production | Propeller | 2008 | 5 | 2 engines |
| Shaanxi KJ-500 | China | Production | Propeller | 2013 | 12+ | 4 engines |
| Shaanxi Y-8W | China | Production | Propeller | ? | 4 | 4 engines |
| Shaanxi Y-8J AEW | China | Prototype | Propeller | 1998 | 4 | 4 engines |
| Shaanxi Y-8 AWACS | China | Production | Propeller | ? | 4 | 4 engines |
| Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&C | China | Production | Propeller | 2010 | 4 | 4 engines |
| Sikorsky SH-3H AEW | Spain | Production | Rotorcraft | ? | 3 | ? |
| Sikorsky HR2S-1W | US | Production | Rotorcraft | 1958 | 2 | ? |
| Tupolev Tu-126 | USSR | Production | Propeller | 1962 | 12 ~ | 4 engines |
| Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception" | UK | Production | Propeller | 1944 | 1 | 2 engines[2] |
| Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7 | UK | Production | Rotorcraft | 1982 | 13 | ? |
| Xian JZY-01 | China | Prototype | Propeller | 2012 | 1 | 2 engines |
| Xian KJ-600 | China | In development | Propeller | ? | ? | 2 engines |
| Yakovlev Yak-44 | Russia | Project | Propeller | 1993 | 0 | 2 engines |
See also
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Successful First Flight for GlobalEye" (Press release). SAAB. 14 March 2018.
- ^ April 1987 Flypast Magazine article 'The First AWACS'
Bibliography
[edit]- Armistead, Edwin (2002). AWACS and Hawkeyes: The Complete History of Airborne Early Warning Aircraft. Zenith Press. ISBN 978-0760311400.
- Gibson, Chris (2011). The Admiralty and AEW: Royal Navy Airborne Early Warning Projects. Blue Envoy Press. ISBN 978-0956195128.
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