The head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, said that such an aircraft is needed by the Russian armed forces and “is good for export.”
Russian corporation Rostec intends to continue production of the A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft (AWACS). The Russian propaganda agency TASS writes about it.
Chapter Rostec Sergei Chemezov said that such an aircraft is needed by the Russian armed forces and “good for export.”
It is reported that the modernization of the next A-50 AWACS aviation complex to the A-50U level should be completed in the near future against the backdrop of the high demand of the Russian troops for such machines.
The aircraft is designed to identify, track and determine the ownership of air, large land and sea targets, provide information about them to command posts, guide fighters to air targets and front- line aircraft to land and sea targets, the publication said.
We remind you that on February 23, the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down the second Russian A-50 aircraft. According to media reports, this was done with the help of the Soviet S-200 air defense system.
Source: korrespondent
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