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Special mission aircrafts can carry out armed reconnaissance, precise strikes, airdrop supplies, infiltration and exfiltration, SIGINT, electronic warfare and rescue missions
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Miniaturization of Components and Sensors Is Enabling Smaller Special Mission Aircrafts Defense market reports suggest that aircraft having specific missions such as electronic attack (EA), airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), also known as an airborne warning and control system (AWACS), and signals intelligence/electronic intelligence (SIGINT/ELINT), are known as special mission aircraft (i.e., jamming). In addition to having C3/ISR capabilities, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and maritime patrol (MARPAT) aircraft may also play a more direct combat role by delivering munitions directly against submarines or surface ships. Defense Market Report states that Airborne Early Warning & Control (AWACS) Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) is a special mission aircraft that has strong multi-domain surveillance, communications, and networked battle management capabilities as well as interoperability that increases the operational effectiveness of allied forces as per defense market reports. AWACS also provides command and control and vital situation awareness information to all airborne assets. AWACS can be used for long range surveillance, communicate more effectively, and make decisions more quickly and thoroughly. Defense Market Report suggests that AWACS radar, a key tool for surveillance and air superiority, offers a full 360-degree surveillance capability of the operational area and can detect moving targets precisely. To fill capability shortfalls, the Indian Air Force (IAF) intends to lease airborne early-warning aircraft. Until the IAF receives new aircraft from www.aviationanddefensemarketreports.com
indigenous sources, the leased aircraft will be operated. These special mission aircraft will be of IAF to achieve air dominance. As per defense market reports that numerous special mission aircraft are operated by the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) and the PLA Naval Air Force (PLANAF), the air force of the PLA Navy as per defense market report. The Y-8, a clone of the Russian An-12 transport, is the foundation of the majority of earlier Chinese special mission aircraft. Based on the Chinese-designed Y-9 transport, more recent special mission aircraft are www.aviationanddefensemarketreports.com
constructed. Defense Market Report suggest that there are around six Y-9 special mission variations as of 2020, while several Y-8 versions are being phased out. Over the past few years, the Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (SAC) has been manufacturing Y-9 special mission aircraft in large quantities for the PLA. Defense Market Report states that theY-8JB special mission aircraft was used by the Chinese military for maritime surveillance missions. Both the PLAAF and PLANAF now use the Y-9JB. The SIGINT/ELINT aircraft has little official information available. The aircraft is equipped with a variety of characteristics, such as ESM antennas installed on the wingtips and the tail, possible ELINT arrays on the rear fuselage, and HF antennae strung from the tail. Under the fuselage is also where the EO/IR turret is located as per defense market reports. See More: - Airborne ISR Market, Smart Weapons Market Visit us: - https://bit.ly/3hkZqOy www.aviationanddefensemarketreports.com