Russian Air Force to Get New Generation Radar Aircraft

Posted on: Jun. 22nd, 2006 || Source: mosnews.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

The Russian Air Force will be provided with a modernized A-50 airborne warning and control system in 2008, Air Force Commander Vladimir Mikhailov said.

“The A-50 plane will have a new image in 2008. It will be provided with new equipment that would make it possible to operate it for at least 20 years more,” Mikhailov told Interfax news agency Thursday.

“A lot has been done for this now,” Mikhailov said.

The A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft was developed and manufactured by the Beriev Aircraft Research and Engineering Complex Joint Stock Company based at Taganrog in the Rostov Region of Russia.

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