Expected E-2C replacement

• tankee1981

  25 May 06, 12:54

  Singapore have acquired at least six Gulfstream 5s as its preferred replacement platform and is expected to convert the bulk of those to carry the Israeli Aicraft Industries Phalcon active phased array radar.

  Souce: Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter March 2006
  
  The following links provide a glimpse of how our future AEW&C plane may look like.
  
  http://www.spyflight.co.uk/IVsp.htm
  
  http://img44.photobucket.com/albums/v135/sirpad/Nahshon.jpg
• spencer99

  25 May 06, 23:51

  Since the platform is based on a "civilian" a/c Gulfstream V which is pretty common.
  
  I would think that the platform cost in the terms of purchase or maintainence to be pretty low compared to the E2C.
  
  NOt sure about the cost differential between a conventional and phased array radar.
  
  
• spiderweb6969

  26 May 06, 07:19

  try these 2 pages
  
  http://militarynuts.com/index.php?showtopic=778&st=30
  
  http://militarynuts.com/index.php?showtopic=778&st=45