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. Boeing E-3 Sentry LX-N 90454-3

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Antonov An-71 The Antonov An-71 ( NATO reporting name: Madcap) was a Soviet AWACS aircraft intended for use with VVS-FA (Fighter Bomber) forces of the Soviet Air Force, developed from the An-72 transport. Only three prototypes were built before the program w ...

, , USSR , , Jet , , 1985 , , Production , , , , 2 engines , - , AgustaWestland Model 112/EH-101A , , Italy , , Rotorcraft , , 2009 , , Production , , , , 3 engines , - , AgustaWestland Merlin Crowsnest , , UK , , Rotorcraft , , 2021 , , Production , , , , , - ,

Avro Shackleton The Avro Shackleton is a British long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) which was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the South African Air Force (SAAF). It was developed by Avro from the Avro Lincoln bomber, which itself had been a develo ...

AEW.2 , , UK , , Propeller , , 1972 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - ,

Beriev A-50 The Beriev A-50 (NATO reporting name: Mainstay) is a Soviet airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 "Moss", the A-50 first flew in 1978. Its existence wa ...

, , USSR , , Jet , , 1978 , , Production , , ~ , , 4 engines , - , Boeing 707 Phalcon/Condor , , Israel , , Jet , , 1993 , , Production , , + , , 4 engines , - ,

Boeing 737 AEW&C The Boeing 737 AEW&C is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation design. It is lighter than the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry, and has a fixed, active electronically scanned array radar ant ...

, , US , , Jet , , 2004 , , Production , , , , 2 engines , - , Boeing B-29 AEW , , US , , Propeller , , 1951 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - , Boeing EC-137D , , US , , Jet , , 1972 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - ,

Boeing E-3 Sentry The Boeing E-3 Sentry is an American airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed by Boeing. E-3s are commonly known as AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System). Derived from the Boeing 707 airliner, it provides all-wea ...

, , US , , Jet , , 1975 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - ,

Boeing E-767 The Boeing E-767 is an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft that was designed in response to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's requirements. It is essentially the Boeing E-3 Sentry's surveillance radar and air control system ins ...

, , Japan , , Jet , , 1996 , , Production , , , , 2 engines , - , Boeing PB-1W Flying Fortress , , US , , Propeller , , 1945 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - ,

Bombardier Global 6000 The Bombardier Global Express is a large cabin, 6,000 nmi / 11,100 km range business jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aviation (formerly Bombardier Aerospace). Announced in October 1991, it first flew on 13 October 1996, recei ...

, , Sweden , , Jet , , 2018 , , ordered , , + ~ , , 2 engines , - , British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 , , UK , , Jet , , 1980 , , Project , , , , 4 engines , - ,

Britten-Norman Defender The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft, manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. It is the military version of the Britten-Norman Islander, developed for roles such as utility transport, casualty eva ...

AEW , , UK , , Propeller , , 1988 , , Prototype , , + , , 2 engines , - , Douglas Skyraider AEW variants , , US , , Propeller , , 1947 , , Production , , , , 1 engine , - ,

DRDO AEW&CS The DRDO Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS) is a project of India's Defence Research and Development Organisation to develop an airborne early warning and control system for the Indian Air Force. It is also referred to as NETRA ...

, , India , , Jet , , 2011 , , Production , , , , 2 engines , - , EADS CASA C-295 AEW , , Spain , , Propeller , , 2011 , , Prototype , , , , 2 engines , - , Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&C , , Brazil , , Jet , , 1999 , , Production , , + , , 2 engines , - ,

Fairey Gannet AEW.3 The Fairey Gannet AEW.3 is a variant of the Fairey Gannet anti-submarine warfare aircraft intended to be used in the airborne early warning (AEW) role on aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. It was introduced to service in 1959 to replace the ...

, , UK , , Propeller , , 1958 , , Production , , , , 1 double engine , - , Fairey Gannet AEW.7 , , UK , , Propeller , , n/a , , Project , , , , 1 engine , - , Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1B , , US , , Aerostat , , 1955 , , Production , , , , , - ,

Goodyear ZPG-3W The N-Class, or as popularly known, the "Nan ship", was a line of non-rigid airships built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio for the US Navy. This line of airships was developed through many versions and assigned various designat ...

, , US , , Aerostat , , 1958 , , Production , , , , , - ,

Grumman E-1 Tracer The Grumman E-1 Tracer was the first purpose-built airborne early warning aircraft used by the United States Navy. It was a derivative of the Grumman C-1 Trader and entered service in 1958. It was replaced by the more modern Grumman E-2 Hawke ...

, , US , , Propeller , , 1956 , , Production , , , , 2 engines , - ,

Grumman E-2 Hawkeye The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft ...

, , US , , Propeller , , 1960 , , Production , , , , 2 engines , - ,

Grumman TBM-3W Avenger The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval a ...

, , US , , Propeller , , 1944 , , Production , , , , 1 engine , - ,

Gulfstream G550/IAI Eitam The Gulfstream G550 is a business jet aircraft produced by General Dynamics' Gulfstream Aerospace unit in Savannah, Georgia, US. The certification designation is GV-SP. A version with reduced fuel capacity was marketed as the G500. Gulfstream ...

, , Israel/US , , Jet , , 2006 , , Production , , , , 2 engines , - , Hawker Siddeley P.139B , , UK , , Jet , , 1966 , , Project , , , , 2 engines , - , Kamov Ka-31 , , USSR , , Rotorcraft , , 1983 , , Production , , + , , , - ,

KJ-1 AEWC The KJ-1 is a first generation Chinese AEW (Airborne Early Warning) radar fitted to a Tupolev Tu-4 bomber. The project was started in 1969 under the code name "Project 926". (KJ is from the first characters of the Pinyin spelling of 空警, (K� ...

, , China , , Propeller , , 1971 , , Prototype , , , , 4 engines , - , KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam' , , China , , Propeller , , 2001 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - ,

KJ-2000 The KJ-2000 (), NATO reporting name: Mainring is a Chinese Airborne early warning and control system comprising domestically designed electronics and radars installed on a modified Ilyushin Il-76 airframe. Development The KJ-2000 developme ...

, , China , , Jet , , 2003 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - , KJ-3000 , , China , , Jet , , 2013 , , Prototype , , , , 4 engines , - , Lockheed AMSS (S-3 derivative) , , US , , Jet , , n/a , , Project , , , , 2 engines , - , Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning Star , , US , , Propeller , , 1949 , , Production , , , , 4 engines , - , Lockheed EC-130V Hercules , , US , , Propeller , , 1991 , , , , , , 4 engines , - ,

Lockheed P-3 Orion The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner.

Ic "Air Controlled Interception" , , UK , , Propeller , , 1944 , , Production , , , , 2 enginesApril 1987 Flypast Magazine article 'The First AWACS' , - , Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7 , , UK , , Rotorcraft , , 1982 , , Production , , , , , - , Xian JZY-01 , , China , , Propeller , , 2012 , , Prototype , , , , 2 engines , - ,

Xian KJ-600 The Xi'an KJ-600 is a Chinese counter-rotating propellers, twin-propeller, vertical stabilizer#Quad tail, quad-tail, high-wing military aircraft designed for cargo aircraft, cargo and airborne early warning and control (AEW&C), intended to be de ...

, , China , , Propeller , , , , In development , , , , 2 engines , - , Yakovlev Yak-44 , , Russia , , Propeller , , 1993 , , Project , , , , 2 engines

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