The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) inked an agreement with Brazil's Embraer to fix an indigenous air borne early warning and control system atop one of the Indian Air Force's Embraer jets, which are used for VIP flights.
After the integration -to be carried out at the company's workshop in Brazil- the first modified Embraer -145 is expected to reach India by 2011. The integrated system will be flight-tested by the IAF and DRDO in 2012.
Three EMB-145 aircraft will be integrated with the AEW &CS , the development of which was approved by the government in October 2004 at a project cost of Rs. 1800 crore.
The EMB-145 aircraft will carry DRDO's active array antenna unit on top of the aircraft's fuselage.
Pakistan had objected to the Indian purchase on the ground that the deal would ruin the strategic balance in the subcontinent as neither Pakistan nor China have Phalcons.
However, the deal went through, courtesy back door intervention by the U.S.A.
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