Saab 340AEW Erieye
| Saab 340AEW Erieye | |
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| Type: | AWACS - aerial reconnaissance |
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| First flight: |
17th January 1994 |
| Commissioning: |
1997 |
| Number of pieces: |
10 |
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The Erieye is an Airborne Warning and Control System of the Swedish Air Force based on the successful Saab 340 regional airliner . Equipped on the back of the fuselage with a high-resolution radar of the type PS 890 from Ericsson in the form of a nine-meter-long rigid antenna, they can detect targets the size of an airplane at distances of 350 kilometers; Cruise missiles can be detected 150 kilometers away. Before the first flight of the machine on January 17, 1994, the radar system was tested from 1990 on a Fairchild Metro III .
The power supply for the highly complex electronics is ensured by a 60 kW gas turbine in the rear; the strong heat generated by the computer systems is compensated for by a heat exchanger in the luggage compartment.
Users
- had two machines rented by Sweden in use
- Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates , two pieces ordered November 2009
- two copies ordered in 2008, first flight of the first aircraft on November 13, 2009
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 5 |
| length | 20.57 m |
| span | 21.44 m |
| height | 6.97 m |
| Wing area | 41.80 m² |
| Empty mass | 9,200 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 13,155 kg |
| Top speed | 530 km / h |
| Mission speed | 300 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 7,620 m |
| Duration of use | 7 h |
| Engines | 2 × General Electric CT7 -9B turboprop |
| radar | Ericsson Erieye PS-890 |
Similar types
- Embraer R-99A (EMB-145SA with the same Eriye radar as Saab 340AEW)
- KJ-200 (Shaanxi Y-8 early warning aircraft)
swell
- Wilfried Copenhagen : The great aircraft type book. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-613-01686-9 .