Y-8空中预警机和控制（AEW&C）飞机

    作者 Yihong Chang JDW通讯记者 香港&伦敦

    中国陕西飞机公司将会很快完成第三架Y-8空中预警机和控制（AEW&C）飞机的制造（相信指定为KJ-200）：加速制造去响应已经在六月坠毁的第二架飞机。

    损失飞机和机上40名主要计划技术工作人员遇难是计划的一个重大挫折，已经导致操作检讨，根据一个接近计划的消息来源。

    基于一架安托诺夫An-12运输机，Y-8加上一个旋转雷达天线罩已经改装用于海上巡逻和空中预警（AEW）任务。二架或三架KJ-200飞机被计划去操作当做一个联合空中预警网络的一部分靠傍基于Ilyushin Il-76平台的KJ-2000空中预警和控制系统飞机。在这个概念之下，KJ-2000将从事当做一个指挥机用于KJ-200和提供一个数据链能力当做中国人民解放军空军机群的一部分。

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China speeds production of AEW&C aircraft

By Yihong Chang JDW Correspondent
Hong Kong & London

China's Shaanxi Aircraft Company will soon complete manufacture of a third Y-8 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft (believed to be designated KJ-200): a process that has been accelerated in response to the crash of the second aircraft in June.

The loss of the aircraft and the death of 40 key programme technical staff on board were major setbacks to the project, which has led to a review of operations, according to a source close to the programme.

Based on an Antonov An-12 transport aircraft, the Y-8 has also been adapted for maritime patrol and AEW missions with a rotodome. Two or three KJ-200 aircraft are planned to operate as part of a joint AEW network alongside KJ-2000 airborne warning and control system aircraft based on Ilyushin Il-76 platforms. Under this concept, the KJ-2000 would operate as a command aircraft for the KJ-200s and provide a datalink capability as part of the People's Liberation Army Air Force fleet.

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