List of airborne early warning aircraft

This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes.

List of AEW aircraft TypeOriginStatusPropulsionEntered service inQuantity OrderedBased onNote Antonov An-71 USSR Production Turbofan, high-bypass 1985 Antonov An-72 2 engines AgustaWestland EH-101A Italy Production Rotorcraft 2009 AgustaWestland AW101 3 engines AgustaWestland Merlin Crowsnest UK Production Rotorcraft 2021 + (Growing) 3 engines Avro Shackleton AEW.2 UK Production Propeller 1972 Avro 696 Shackleton Mk.2 4 engines Beriev A-50 USSR Production Turbofan, low-bypass 1978 ~ Ilyushin Il-76 4 engines KJ-2000 China Production 2003 4 engines Boeing 707 Phalcon/Condor Israel Production 1993 + Boeing 707 4 engines Boeing EC-137D US Production 1972 4 engines Boeing E-3 Sentry US Production 1975 4 engines Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Australia Production 2004 Boeing 737NG 2 engines Boeing B-29 AEW US Production Propeller 1951 Boeing B-29 Superfortress 4 engines Boeing E-767 Japan Production Turbofan, high-bypass 1996 Boeing 767-200 2 engines Boeing PB-1W Flying Fortress US Production Propeller 1945 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 4 engines British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 UK Project Turbofan, low-bypass Hawker Siddeley Nimrod 4 engines Britten-Norman Defender AEW UK Prototype Turboprop + Britten-Norman Defender 2 engines Douglas Skyraider AEW variants US Production Propeller 1947 Douglas AD Skyraider 1 engine EADS/CASA C-295 AEW&C Spain Prototype Turboprop CASA C-295 2 engines Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&C Brazil Production Turbofan, medium-bypass 1999 + Embraer EMB-145 2 engines Netra Mk.1 (EMB-145SM) India Production 2011 2 engines Fairey Gannet AEW.3 UK Production Turboprop, contra-rotating 1958 — 1 double engine Fairey Gannet AEW.7 UK Project Fairey Gannet AEW.3 1 engine Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1B US Production Aerostat 1955 Goodyear N-class 2 engines Goodyear ZPG-3W US Production Aerostat 1958 2 engines Grumman E-1 Tracer US Production Propeller 1956 Grumman C-1 Trader 2 engines Grumman E-2 Hawkeye US Production Turboprop 1960 — 2 engines Grumman TBM-3W Avenger US Production Propeller 1944 Grumman/General Motors TBM-3 Avenger 1 engine Gulfstream G550CAEW/IAI Eitam/E-550A Israel/Italy Production Turbofan, medium-bypass 2006 Gulfstream G550 2 engines Hawker Siddeley P.139B UK Project — 2 engines Kamov Ka-31 USSR Production Rotorcraft 1983 + Kamov Ka-27 2 engines KJ-1 AEWC China Prototype Turboprop Tupolev Tu-4 4 engines KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam' China Production 2001 Shaanxi Y-8 4 engines Shaanxi Y-8J AEW China Prototype 4 engines Shaanxi Y-8 AWACS China Production 4 engines Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&C China Production 2010 4 engines KJ-3000 China In development Turbofan, high-bypass 2024 Xi'an Y-20B Kunpeng 4 engines Lockheed AMSS US Project Lockheed S-3 Viking 2 engines Netra Mk.2 India In development Airbus A321 2 engines Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning Star US Production Propeller 1949 Lockheed C-121 Constellation 4 engines Lockheed EC-130 US Production Turboprop 1991 Lockheed C-130 Hercules 4 engines Lockheed P-3 Orion AEW&C US Production 1988 Lockheed P-3 Orion 4 engines Saab 340 AEW&C/S 100B/D Argus Sweden Production 1997 Saab 340 2 engines Saab 2000 AEW&C Sweden Production 2008 Saab 2000 2 engines Saab GlobalEye Sweden Production Turbofan, medium-bypass 2020 + Bombardier Global 6000/6500 2 engines Shaanxi KJ-500 Qianliyan China Production Turboprop 2013 + Shaanxi Y-9 4 engines Sikorsky SH-3H AEW Spain Production Rotorcraft Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King 2 engines Sikorsky HR2S-1W US Production Rotorcraft 1958 Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave 2 engines Tupolev Tu-126 USSR Production Turboprop, contra-rotating 1962 ~ Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya 4 engines Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception" UK Production Propeller 1944 Vickers Wellington 2 enginesApril 1987 Flypast Magazine article 'The First AWACS' Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7 UK Production Rotorcraft 1982 Westland Sea King WS-61 2 engines Xian JZY-01 China Prototype Turboprop Xi'an Y-7 2 engines Xian KJ-600 China In development 2025 Xian JZY-01 2 engines Yakovlev Yak-44 Russia Project Propfan, contra-rotating — 2 engines

See also

List of AEW&C aircraft operators List of maritime patrol aircraft

References Citations

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