AEW Australiano

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Alguém tem informações sobre o AEW Australiano? Vi uma foto em uma revista, e notei que o radar dele não é nem em forma de prato como o do E-3 americano, e nem em forma de caixa retangular na cacunda como o do R-99.

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Boeing 737 AEW

On 21 July 1999 it was announced that the Boeing Company was selected as the preferred tenderer to supply seven B737-700 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) platforms to the Australian Defence Force. Northrop Grumman's L-band Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar will be mounted in a dorsal arrangement atop the B737 fuselage. The Boeing 737 AEW&C System is based on the commercial 737-700 airliner, which provides modern avionics and glass cockpit, minimal crew requirements and commonality with commercial airline fleets for flexibility and support. It is fitted with a Northrop Grumman ESSD (formerly Westinghouse) Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar fitted above the rear fuselage of the aircraft. This is combined with a Boeing designed Open Systems Architecture (OSA) mission system with six common console stations for the mission crew. The OSA mission system is Standards based and uses 80% Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) software. Boeing have teamed with Northrop Grumman (ESSD), Boeing Australia and British Aerospace Australia for the Boeing 737 AEW&C System.



Performance

Boeing 737-700 Aircraft

* Max Take-off Weight > 170,000 lb
* Thrust > 24,000 lb
* Max Speed > Mach 0.80
* Max Altitude > 35,000 ft
* Time on Station > 8 hrs
* Runway Length Required < 8,000 ft

MESA Radar

* Long Range (200 nmi)
* 360 degree coverage in less than 10 seconds
* Integrated IFF
* Beam Steering
* Interleaved multi-mode operation

Fonte

FAS.org (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/e-737.htm)
Wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Wedgetail)

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