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Air Force may choose quick delivering US over lethargic Russians to fly AWACS
Updated On: 29 May, 2009 09:11 AM IST | | Anshuman G Dutta
Late delivery can be quite a turn off and the Russian defence establishment may soon learn it the hard way.
Late delivery can be quite a turn off and the Russian defence establishment may soon learn it the hard way.
For decades Russia has been the biggest arms supplier to India but late delievery and escalating costs have made India to look for better options.
The latest is the Indian Air Force desire to integrate its newly-acquired Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) on a better than the Russian warhose IL-76.
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Does size matter? An IL-76 aircraft with AWACS landing at the Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat. It is one of the first to be inducted by the Indian Air Force and Embraer jet from Brazil and Gulf Stream from US which are the frontrunner to replace the Russian warhorse as future AWACS platform Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
