India orders Russian AEW helicopters. (Asia-Pacific Report).(Brief Article) From: Journal of Electronic Defense | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Singh, Pulkit; Fiszer, Michal; Gruszczynski, Jerzy | COPYRIGHT 2002 Horizon House Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In a controversial deal, the Indian Navy has inked two contracts with Russia for the purchase of nine Ka-31 helicopters, at a cost of $200.8 million, to increase the service's airborne-early-warning (AEW) capability.

The Ka-31 is a derivative of the Ka-27 shipborne helicopter, with the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) attack equipment replaced by an AEW package. The radar, designed by NNIIRT Institute from Nizhny Novogrod and designated the E-801 Oko (Russian for "eye"), is ...

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