Six new ’eyes in the sky’ for IAF to be built by DRDO on Air India planes
Live MintIn a major boost for the indigenous defence industry, India is going to make six new Airborne Early Warning and Control planes to be developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation on aircraft from Air India to further improve Air Force's surveillance capabilities along borders with China and Pakistan. Government sources said that as per the discussions on the AEW&C Block 2 aircraft to be developed by the DRDO under a ₹10,500 crore project, the six aircraft would be acquired from the Air India fleet and modified to fly with a radar that will give 360-degree surveillance capability to the defence forces. The project to build the AEW&C system on existing aircraft from the Air India fleet may also mean that India may not buy the six Airbus 330 transport aircraft planned to be acquired earlier from the European firm, the sources said. As per plans, the six new aircraft would be sent to a European destination to the original equipment manufacturer for modification of the planes for installing the radar, the sources said.
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