In this chapter, AEW requirements and operational concepts are used to apply on AEW platform selection. There are various factors to be considered - first factor is defense area if it is a task force at sea. The second factor to be considered is the threat or target to be detected. Basing requirements become a factor in platform selection.

Chapter Contents:

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Platform Options
• 3.2.1 Types of Vehicles
• 3.3 General Configuration
• 3.3.1 External Configurations
• 3.3.2 Internal Configurations
• 3.4 Power Requirements
• 3.5 Cooling
• 3.6 Miscellaneous Systems
• 3.7 Future Requirements

Inspec keywords: object detection; airborne radar; military aircraft

Other keywords: task force; threat detection; airborne early warning system; AEW platform selection; target detection; defense area; basing requirements

Subjects: Optical, image and video signal processing; Radar and radiowave systems (military and defence)