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Product Name: Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS)
Product Description
Based on a Boeing 707-320B airframe, the E-3 airborne warning and
control system (AWACS) provides surveillance, command-and-control (C2), and
communications functions for tactical and defensive missions. In service since
1977, it is used by the U.S. Air Force, NATO, United Kingdom, France, and Saudi
Arabia.
Tactical and Defensive Mission Capabilities
The E-3 provides quick-reaction surveillance and C2 management for tactical
and defensive missions.
- Detection, identification, tracking, and interception of hostile aircraft
operating at low altitudes over all terrain
- Identification and control of friendly aircraft in the same airspace as
hostile aircraft
The AWACS Mission System
The E-3 AWACS combines the following mission-system components: surveillance
radar (housed in a rotating dome), navigation, communications, data processing,
identification equipment, display equipment, and an airborne version of the IBM
command-and-control multiprocessing computer.
- Look-down radar elements:
- Look-down radar antenna
- Identification friend-or-foe (IFF) antenna
- Data-link fighter-control (TADIL0C) antenna
- Look-down radar capabilities:
- 360-degree view of the horizon
- 200-mile range at operating altitudes
- Separation of airborne targets from ground and sea clutter signal
returns that confuse other radars
- Simultaneous detection and tracking of air and sea targets
The Boeing 707-320B Airframe
The E-3 is a militarized Boeing 707-320B commercial jetliner.
- Fuel capacity 23,000 gallons
- Flight range over 5,000 miles, altitude over 35,000 feet
- Power options:
- Four TF-33, 21,000-pound-thrust jet engines (used by the U.S. and
NATO)
- Four CFM-56 engines for higher performance (and altitude) operation
that extends the surveillance horizon (used by France, Saudi Arabia, and
the United Kingdom)
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