Russian-Built AWACS-Type Aircraft to Detect New Generation Targets - Shoigu

© Sputnik / Nikolay Hiznyak / Go to the mediabankThe assembly of an IL-76-90A aircraft at the final assembly shop at the Aviastar-SP aircraft factory in Ulyanovsk. (File)
The assembly of an IL-76-90A aircraft at the final assembly shop at the Aviastar-SP aircraft factory in Ulyanovsk. (File) - Sputnik International
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A Russian-built A-100 airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft will be able to detect new classes of targets, including new generation tactical aircraft, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday.

Transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A in a workshop of JSC Aviastar-SP in Ulyanovsk - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW(Sputnik) — According to Shoigu, two aircraft are set to be created — a flying laboratory and a prototype.

"This complex will be able to quickly build up the radar field in a given operational direction. Its development is due to the emergence of new classes of targets, including the new generation operational-tactical aircraft," Shoigu said at a teleconference.

A-100 Premier aircraft is based on Il-76MD-90A aircraft and has PS-90A-76 turbofans.

In March, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that the testing of the aircraft would likely start in July.

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