The Russian Air Force began flight testing of a modernized version of the A-50U airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft. The aircraft was improved with new on-board computers, satellite communications, and an improved radar system installed in its rotodome. In addition to its conventional role detecting and tracking fighter aircraft in subsonic and supersonic flight, the system was enhanced with new algorithms enabling the A-50U to effectively detect and track helicopters, cruise missiles.
The A-50 can track up to 10 fighter aircraft for either air-to-air interception or air-to-ground attack missions.
The Beriev A-50, based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport, first flew in 1978. It entered service in 1984, with about 40 produced by 1992. The aircraft was delivered to the Air Force in October.
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