Pakistan's Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircrafts

[SBD-3]

hay 2 examples good man

 

[Arsalan]

Hi,

It takes a lots of courage and cojones on the part of an air chief to admit our short comings----as a matter of fact it takes a lots of courage on part of anyone to admit their limitations.

As the technology is moving ahead in leaps and bounds---so is the distance in absorbing high tech is shortening as well, except for certain items.

We are still a very poor third world nation with very limited resource, technology, research and qualified individuals. Just because we have learnt to talk big----doesnot mean that our bite is big as well.

thankyou sir!
the post was very right indeed!
yes it is a bitter fact that we have not the resources to handle all that stuff but also we admit that thankfull we are moving in the right direction! i hope one day we will be able to produce them at home!

anyway as hasnain0099 siad let us get back to the topic, keep praying for our country and wait for things to get even better and play our part in doing so!!

regards!

 

[hazi]

are we going to get the awacs with the transfer of technology

 

[SBD-3]

yup its a joint venture
we are getting 4 of them

 

[hazi]

what does it mean that we are going to get it with the transfer of technology

 

[SBD-3]

what does it mean that we are going to get it with the transfer of technology

it means we are getting them with ToT

 

[Arsalan]

it means we are getting them with ToT

ha ha!! that nice...

anyway hazi he probably means to say that the project is a joint venture and has been worked upon by both china and pakistan but i think that it may only be the version for pakistan taht have some pakistani contribution in it!

anyway i hope you get what he was stating!

regards!

 

[SBD-3]

aay guys any news on the specs of this brid?

 

[Arsalan]

perhaps mean_bird can post them after finding them of this very thread! he is very good at comming up with usefull information but why dont you ake a look for it yourself on this thread, i bet you will find many other useful and intresting information on the thread along with the specs of this system!

actually browsing through 50 or even more pages is quite a task, specially when you have lready gone through them otherwise i would have refered you to the relavent post!

regards!

 

[Keysersoze]

what does it mean that we are going to get it with the transfer of technology

So you asked a question without understanding what you were asking? Do some reading and research. google will help. THEN come back and post.

 

[mughaljee]

With TOT, Pleasure for Pakistan

 

[ironman]

The Saab 2000 is one of the fastest turboprop aircraft in existence​

In a peculiar twist of fate, an aircraft whose series-production ended in 1999 continues to be selected as the preferred platform for airborne early warning and control (AEW & C), with its two latest customers now being the air forces of Pakistan and Thailand. While Pakistan would be procuring four Saab 2000-based AEW & C platforms (all ex-Air France airframes) Thailand will acquire two smaller Saab 340-based AEW & C systems. The Saab 2000 AEW & C programme got underway in June 2006, when launch customer Pakistan finalised the purchase of six operational platforms.

This contract was revised in May 2007 when Pakistan decided to acquire only four AEW & C platforms, with the remaining two Saab 2000s being cannibalised for spares. Currently, there are only a total of 50 out of 63 Saab 2000s that remain in airline service, with the remainder 13 being retained by Saab Aircraft. It is these aircraft that are being relifed and modified as AEW & C platforms.

In the case of Thailand, Bangkok agreed on October 16 last year to go ahead with a Baht34.4 billion (USD 1.086 billion) programme that calls for the procurement of 12 JAS-39C/D Gripen medium multi-role combat aircraft and two Saab 340 AEW & Cs. While the first six Gripens and one AEW & C platform worth Baht19 billion (USD 607 million) ...

will be procured between 2008 and 2012, the remaining aircraft worth Baht15.4 billion (USD 492 million) will be ordered between 2013 and 2017.

These aircraft will be based at the Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) existing air base at Ubon Ratchathani (under 21 Wing) and an expanded and upgraded air base at Surat Thani (under 7 Wing). The first Saab 2000 AEW & C platform for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will be delivered this October.

The Saab 2000 is one of the fastest turboprop aircraft in existence, being able to cruise at a speed of more than 665kph (360 Knots). It made its maiden flight on 26 March 1992 and entered commercial airline service in 1994, a few months after its certification by the Joint Aviation Authorities in March and the Federal Aviation Administration in April. The Saab 2000’s powerplant comprises twin Rolls-Royce AE-2100 turboprop engines, each driving six-bladed Dowty Rotol propellers. The aircraft’s service ceiling is 31,000 feet, and the cockpit is equipped with a Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics suite with integrated avionics processor, engine indication and crew alerting system, traffic alert and collision avoidance system, attitude heading and reference system, and a digital air data system. Cabin noise is reduced by an active noise control system comprising 72 microphones and 36 speakers, which generate anti-phase noise.

Each of the four PAF Saab 2000 AEW & C platforms will be equipped with the FSR-890 Erieye radar built by Ericsson Microwave Systems. The S-band Erieye is a pulse-Doppler active phased-array radar operating within the 2GHz to 4GHz bandwidth. The 8 metre-long, 900kg antenna will be mounted on the upper dorsal spine of the Saab 2000’s fuselage. The radar’s dorsal unit (DU) will include the carbon-fibre radome, antenna array, RF distribution network, and 192 transmit/receive modules that will be cooled by ram-air. Each such module will comprise a power amplifier for the transmitted microwave signal, low-noise amplifiers as front-ends for the receiver channels, and phase shifters for accurate control of the signal phase in both transmit and receive modes. In the latter, amplification of the signal will be controlled as well. The phases and amplitudes will be continuously calibrated. Each T/R module will be connected to one vertical slotted waveguide on each side. An electronic switch in the module will select the side. By feeding the slotted waveguide separately in the upper and lower half, the beam will be shifted in elevation for height measurement. This shifting will be conducted by single-step phase shifters in the front-ends of the modules. A module-control databus will provide control of the modules to achieve instantaneous antenna beam-steering and the very low sidelobes required.

 

[SBD-3]

Can any one elaborate how will it achieve 360 degree coverage? is it going to be the same old mathod of rotating in 360 degree angle?

 

[Arsalan]

Can any one elaborate how will it achieve 360 degree coverage? is it going to be the same old mathod of rotating in 360 degree angle?

no no, the radar anteena of erieye is not a rotating one. it is in a bar shape, you must have seen it many time. the radar do not rotate but gives a 360 degree coverage by perhaps induction of som sensors at the ends or the bar aswell!
some well informed person regarding this feild may give you more technical knowledge but one thing is for sure that it do not rotate and use some senors on the sides to gibe 360 coverage!

regards!

 

[Munir]

Instead of rotating the radar the beam can be controlled.