MIC: Russian AWACS A-100 "Premier" aircraft will be brought to mind
The Russian A-100 Premier long-range radar detection and control aircraft is qualitatively superior to its Western counterparts, but it is inferior to them quantitatively. The problems with the aircraft being created on the basis of the IL-76MD-90A are described by the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC).
The weekly newspaper writes that the process of transplanting the A-100 radar complex to native, domestic chips has encountered problems, but, as the publication assures, import substitution "will be brought to mind." "However, the qualitative lag eliminated in this way will not affect the quantitative lag," the MIC assures.
According to the material, the demand for the IL-76MD-90A is several times higher than the capabilities of the Ulyanovsk Aviastar-SP plant, which produces the aircraft. The Military-Industrial Complex is confident that the Aerospace Forces of Russia require at least 15 units of A-100 "Premier".
"The best option provides for the supply of at least 39 VKS boards. Is it possible? Rather no than yes. The financing of the State Armament program, calculated until 2027, is limited and is unlikely to be able to accommodate such a number of new vehicles," the weekly writes.
According to the military-industrial Complex, the upgraded AWACS A-50U aircraft do not fully meet modern and even more so future challenges. The publication admits that the entry into service of the Russian Aerospace Forces A-100 "Premier" is postponed to 2024.
In December 2021, Forbes magazine wrote that the American combat control and targeting aircraft E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) and strategic reconnaissance aircraft RC-135, flying over Ukraine and the Black Sea, tracked the location of the Russian army.
In September 2019, The National Interest magazine noticed that the Russian A-100 Premier long-range radar detection and control aircraft is inferior to its Western counterparts, for example, the E-7A Wedgetail.
