BANGALORE (PTI): India plans to base its indigenous Airborne Early Warning & Control system on the western border, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne said on Thursday.
"Yes, we have identified. Work is going to start (on where it would be based)", said the Air Chief Marshal, adding that it will be in the western border to start with.
He was speaking at a press conference after a function to commemorate the arrival of AEW&C India aircraft, which is the fully modified EMB-145 regional jet of Brazil's Embraer aircraft manufacturer. "This (AEW&C) will be used for surveillance and control".
According to DRDO officials, the system would detect, identify and classify threats in the surveillance area and act as a command and control centre to support air operations.
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