ERJ-145 AEW handed over

The IAF received KW3556 (ex PT-ZND), the first of its three Embraer ERJ-145 AEW platforms, on February 14, with the DRDO fitting its radars and mission systems. Gordon Arthur THE EMBRAER ERJ-145- based airborne early warning (AEW) platform was officially handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the opening day of Aero India. The aircraft, named Netra and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is still in initial operating capability (IOC) configuration. This aircraft carries