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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Airbus Military lifts veil on C-295 AEW study

C-295 AEWAirbus Military is to perform a three-month test campaign aimed at demonstrating the C-295 transport’s suitability as an airborne early warning aircraft, the company has revealed.

A C-295 development aircraft had a dummy rotodome installed above its fuselage at Airbus Military’s San Pablo final assembly site near Seville, Spain, on 17 May.

Roughly 6m (19.7ft) in diameter, this will be assessed during flight tests to commence later this month, said Miguel-Angel Morell Fuentes, senior vice-president engineering.

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