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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Delays hit homegrown AWACS, Pakistan races ahead with China help

Il-76 PhalconIndia's indigenous Awacs (airborne warning and control systems) or "eyes in the sky" project has been hit by delays even as Pakistan is fast closing the technological gap in this arena with China's active help.

Moreover, IAF's proposal to acquire two more Israeli Phalcon Awacs, after the first three were contracted under the $1.1-billion contract inked in March 2004, is yet to gather full steam.

"There is in principle approval for two more Phalcon Awacs but negotiations are still in progress," said a top defence ministry source.

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