Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft
Crew of up to 12:
2 Pilots
Mission director
Weapons Controller, to support other aircraft in the theater
Surveillance Controller
5 Surveillance operators manning the Surveillance center
Communications operator
Equipment technician
Crew of up to 12:
2 Pilots
Mission director
Weapons Controller, to support other aircraft in the theater
Surveillance Controller
5 Surveillance operators manning the Surveillance center
Communications operator
Equipment technician
4 GE CF4-60C2 turbofan engines paired on either side of the tail providing 53.8 kN of thrust each.
4 AlliedSignal 150 kW generators; one per engine for a total output of 600 kW.
4 AlliedSignal 150 kW generators; one per engine for a total output of 600 kW.
Maximum speed: 805 kph (at 7010 m)
Service Ceiling: 13.1 km
Maximum range: 9,075 km (without midair refueling)
Maximum Take-Off Weight: 83.2 metric tons
Service Ceiling: 13.1 km
Maximum range: 9,075 km (without midair refueling)
Maximum Take-Off Weight: 83.2 metric tons
Radar System:
Hughes AWG-20 X-band pulse-Doppler radar, providing long-range detection and tracking of targets at all altitudes.
Westinghouse APY-5 very-long-range wideband surveillance radar with rotary 12m radome, mounted to plane's fuselage.
Loral ASARS-3 I-band Side-Looking Synthetic Aperature Radar (SLAR) for imaging and target determination mounted within 3m canoes on either side of the lower fuselage. System is capable of tracking larger targets out to 185.2 km and small vehicles out to 37 km.
Eaton APX-4 IFF secondary surveillance transponder
Optical tracking:
Thomson DOS-2000 multi-band digital camera system, for medium range traversable UV, infra-red imaging and optical band detection and tracking;
Thomson LT-3 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.
Zeiss TS-2 long range telescopic array for IR spectrum (FLIR).
Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS):
Elettronica Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
OlDelft Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
Grumman QRC-84 Infra-red Jammer
Westinghouse ALQ-255(V) bandwidth-tunable, frequency-agile active radar jammer
GEC Marconi ALA-102 COMINT Pulse Analyzing Receiver
Expendable jammer dispenser
Chaff dispenser
Flares
Active missile jammers
Multiple HF through S-band antennas.
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