Defense Ministry Plans To Modify Passenger Planes For AWACS Duties
June 17 2015
The Russian Defense Ministry reportedly plans to modify a commercial passenger jet into a reconnaissance aircraft.
The head of sales for Irkut, which makes the plane, said on Wednesday that the Kremlin plans to modify MC-21 passenger jets into an aircraft similar to the U.S. E-3 AWACS aircraft, reports Russia's Sputnik news agency.
"We haven’t begun talks yet with the Defense Ministry on the precise base configurations, but it’s assumed this process will begin soon," said...
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