List of airborne early warning aircraft
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This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes.
List of AEW aircraft
| Type | Origin | Status | Propulsion | Entered service in | Quantity Ordered | Based on | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonov An-71 | USSR | Production | Turbofan, high-bypass | 1985 | 3 | Antonov An-72 | 2 engines |
| AgustaWestland EH-101A | Italy | Production | Rotorcraft | 2009 | 4 | AgustaWestland AW101 | 3 engines |
| AgustaWestland Merlin Crowsnest | UK | Production | Rotorcraft | 2021 | 1+ (Growing) | 3 engines | |
| Avro Shackleton AEW.2 | UK | Production | Propeller | 1972 | 12 | Avro 696 Shackleton Mk.2 | 4 engines |
| Beriev A-50 | USSR | Production | Turbofan, low-bypass | 1978 | 40 ~ | Ilyushin Il-76 | 4 engines |
| KJ-2000 | China | Production | 2003 | 5 | 4 engines | ||
| Boeing 707 Phalcon/Condor | Israel | Production | 1993 | 2+ | Boeing 707 | 4 engines | |
| Boeing EC-137D | US | Production | 1972 | 2 | 4 engines | ||
| Boeing E-3 Sentry | US | Production | 1975 | 68 | 4 engines | ||
| Boeing E-7 Wedgetail | Australia | Production | 2004 | 17 | Boeing 737NG | 2 engines | |
| Boeing B-29 AEW | US | Production | Propeller | 1951 | 3 | Boeing B-29 Superfortress | 4 engines |
| Boeing E-767 | Japan | Production | Turbofan, high-bypass | 1996 | 4 | Boeing 767-200 | 2 engines |
| Boeing PB-1W Flying Fortress | US | Production | Propeller | 1945 | 31 | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress | 4 engines |
| British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 | UK | Project | Turbofan, low-bypass | ? | 11 | Hawker Siddeley Nimrod | 4 engines |
| Britten-Norman Defender AEW | UK | Prototype | Turboprop | ? | 2+ | Britten-Norman Defender | 2 engines |
| Douglas Skyraider AEW variants | US | Production | Propeller | 1947 | 418 | Douglas AD Skyraider | 1 engine |
| EADS/CASA C-295 AEW&C | Spain | Prototype | Turboprop | ? | 1 | CASA C-295 | 2 engines |
| Embraer R-99A/E-99/EMB 145 AEW&C | Brazil | Production | Turbofan, medium-bypass | 1999 | 15+ | Embraer EMB-145 | 2 engines |
| Netra Mk.1 (EMB-145SM) | India | Production | 2011 | 3 | 2 engines | ||
| Fairey Gannet AEW.3 | UK | Production | Turboprop, contra-rotating | 1958 | 44 | — | 1 double engine |
| Fairey Gannet AEW.7 | UK | Project | ? | 0 | Fairey Gannet AEW.3 | 1 engine | |
| Goodyear ZP2N-1W/ZPG-2W/EZ-1B | US | Production | Aerostat | 1955 | 3 | Goodyear N-class | 2 engines |
| Goodyear ZPG-3W | US | Production | Aerostat | 1958 | 4 | 2 engines | |
| Grumman E-1 Tracer | US | Production | Propeller | 1956 | 88 | Grumman C-1 Trader | 2 engines |
| Grumman E-2 Hawkeye | US | Production | Turboprop | 1960 | 276 | — | 2 engines |
| Grumman TBM-3W Avenger | US | Production | Propeller | 1944 | 40 | Grumman/General Motors TBM-3 Avenger | 1 engine |
| Gulfstream G550CAEW/IAI Eitam/E-550A | Israel/Italy | Production | Turbofan, medium-bypass | 2006 | 8 | Gulfstream G550 | 2 engines |
| Hawker Siddeley P.139B | UK | Project | ? | 0 | — | 2 engines | |
| Kamov Ka-31 | USSR | Production | Rotorcraft | 1983 | 35+ | Kamov Ka-27 | 2 engines |
| KJ-1 AEWC | China | Prototype | Turboprop | ? | 2 | Tupolev Tu-4 | 4 engines |
| KJ-200 'Y-8W Balanced Beam' | China | Production | 2001 | 13 | Shaanxi Y-8 | 4 engines | |
| Shaanxi Y-8J AEW | China | Prototype | ? | 4 | 4 engines | ||
| Shaanxi Y-8 AWACS | China | Production | ? | 4 | 4 engines | ||
| Shaanxi ZDK-03 AEW&C | China | Production | 2010 | 4 | 4 engines | ||
| KJ-3000 | China | In development | Turbofan, high-bypass | 2024 | 4 | Xi'an Y-20B Kunpeng | 4 engines |
| Lockheed AMSS | US | Project | ? | 0 | Lockheed S-3 Viking | 2 engines | |
| Netra Mk.2 | India | In development | ? | 6 | Airbus A321 | 2 engines | |
| Lockheed WV-2/PO-2W/EC-121 Warning Star | US | Production | Propeller | 1949 | 232 | Lockheed C-121 Constellation | 4 engines |
| Lockheed EC-130 | US | Production | Turboprop | 1991 | 1 | Lockheed C-130 Hercules | 4 engines |
| Lockheed P-3 Orion AEW&C | US | Production | 1988 | 8 | Lockheed P-3 Orion | 4 engines | |
| Saab 340 AEW&C/S 100B/D Argus | Sweden | Production | 1997 | 8 | Saab 340 | 2 engines | |
| Saab 2000 AEW&C | Sweden | Production | 2008 | 5 | Saab 2000 | 2 engines | |
| Saab GlobalEye | Sweden | Production | Turbofan, medium-bypass | 2020 | 8+ | Bombardier Global 6000/6500 | 2 engines[1] |
| Shaanxi KJ-500 Qianliyan | China | Production | Turboprop | 2013 | 12+ | Shaanxi Y-9 | 4 engines |
| Sikorsky SH-3H AEW | Spain | Production | Rotorcraft | ? | 3 | Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | 2 engines |
| Sikorsky HR2S-1W | US | Production | Rotorcraft | 1958 | 2 | Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave | 2 engines |
| Tupolev Tu-126 | USSR | Production | Turboprop, contra-rotating | 1962 | 12 ~ | Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya | 4 engines |
| Vickers Wellington Ic "Air Controlled Interception" | UK | Production | Propeller | 1944 | 1 | Vickers Wellington | 2 engines[2] |
| Westland Sea King AEW.2/AEW.5/ASaC7 | UK | Production | Rotorcraft | 1982 | 13 | Westland Sea King WS-61 | 2 engines |
| Xian JZY-01 | China | Prototype | Turboprop | ? | 1 | Xi'an Y-7 | 2 engines |
| Xian KJ-600 | China | In development | 2025 | ? | Xian JZY-01 | 2 engines | |
| Yakovlev Yak-44 | Russia | Project | Propfan, contra-rotating | ? | 0 | — | 2 engines |
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