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Friday, February 13, 2009

AWACS delivery delayed till March end

Il-76 PhalconIAF will now have to wait till March end for Israeli airborne early warning system, whose induction has already been delayed by 16 months.

"The Israeli PHALCON airborne early warning and control system (AWACS), which will provide the IAF an eye in the skies to perform surveillance and reconnaissance roles, will arrive in India only by March end," a senior IAF officer told PTI here on Friday.

The AWACS mounted on Russian-made IL-76 heavy lift transport aircraft was originally scheduled to be delivered by the Israel Aerospace Industries by November 2007, but could not meet the deadline.

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