No, the back end is the same, the RBE2 AESA is plug and play, a 2 hour swap out with the PESA array. In other words, the performance gain is 100% attributed to the switch from PESA to AESA.

so they need antenna change all those years to gain 50% range. There is MIG29 Zhuk-ME2 slot array radar that has increased range by 50% compared to late 90s and there is no antenna change . There is also old Zhuk-A vs new Zhuk-AMeh. The later one is only 120kg system weight despite two times range increase some of that radar tech already went into Ka-27M and Ka-52K. Where else Rafale radar used?

That PW engine has Germanic parts and considering the relations pre-Ukraine. I will not be surprised there is political element in it.

http://www.mtu.de/engines/commercial-aircraft-engines/narrowbody-and-regional-jets/pw1000g/
The PurePower® engine family jointly developed and built by Pratt & Whitney and MTU powers next-generation commercial aircraft.

4000 small number for R-77. even Syria I believe got R-77. Just the size of Algeria Flanker fleet make it altleast 1000 by now. India several thousands. they have now full MIG-29K.

You do realize patent rights are largely meaningless and null when it comes to national security grounds. China may lose some imports from Russia, but they’re moving towards their creations being independent and no longer representative of the original Russian products. I give China five years to equal Russia is every modern aspect of fighter design.

You do realize that China hasn’t created Su-34/Su-35 with enhanced internal fuel tanks and they can lift quite stuff heavy like 3000L fuel tanks and bigger pods with even bigger tail. the tail of Su-34 is bigger than nose of Chinese flanker.
than there is MIG-31BM2 with ultra long range BVR shot and its follow on is 6G fighter with sustainable near space capability.
but Russian priorities seem Tu-160M2/PAKDA/IL478/A-100/Tu-214SR/heavy strike drone all these contribute to non-contact warfare.

There is no place of small tactical fighters in futuristic non contact warfare.

https://sputniknews.com/voiceofrussia/news/2014_04_12/Russia-should-be-ready-for-non-contact-war-Deputy-PM-0848/
Old-fashioned army and fleet, organized in accordance with 20th century examples, will lose a war before they are face to face with the enemy. The era of high-precision long-range weapons has arrived. The future lies in smart weapons,” Dmitry Rogozin told students in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk

bombs are used much more than missiles.

https://sputniknews.com/russia/201609111045189665-russia-bomb-features/
Russia Builds Glide Bomb Virtually Invisible to Radar

https://sputniknews.com/military/201708301056932966-guided-bombs-russian-drones-development/
“In fact, these are guided and glide bombs. Bombs with the weight of 15, 25, 50 and 100 kilograms that are designed to carry warheads with the payload of up to 50 kilograms with ranges of 12 to 20 kilometers with the engine shut off and up to 100 kilometers when using the engine,” the source said.

If they’re not rotating the radars and command centre vehicles then satellite images showing the location of everything can be purchased from numerous web sites with a credit card.

Houses (or streets) from which $150 mini drones (capable of 200kmph at 6 inches off the ground) carrying 5kg payloads can be launched are located only 300m from where the Su-35s are parked. I’m actually really surprised these attacks are only just starting now. Maybe some of the ESM equipment was sent home prematurely (oops) or the US has finally tested the transmission patterns and frequency agility capabilities of Russia’s jamming equipment and has simply countered it.

Either way, pretty embarrassing stuff.

The base is too big for $150 drone and it cannot simply lift weights. Either way there is no camera footage from drone .

I don’t know why the Tu-154 keeps popping up when its the Il-86 and 96 in question (although the 62 could be possible).

I imagine the Tupolev’s three engine lay out would not take well to the addition of an awacs covering its intake area.

Chinese and Israeli electronic supposed to be lighter as they came two decades later. Chinese use Tu-154M for military mission. so they have good idea about using civil airline with military electronics. why they not chose IL-86/IL-96 for AWACS.

wide but not too wide.

its worth noting the il-86 airframe has been used for other military applications so I don’t buy the (il-86 is not suited for military) use

Chinese also use Tu-154M but it does not mean it is suitable for AWACS. small AWACS like Saab-2000 or E-7 are ineffective when you consider fighter radars power. fighter also fly higher than AWACS. MIG-35 is 19kim altitude.

The antenna on E767 is 9 meter. 19 people on board.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080213085127/http://boeing.com:80/defense-space/ic/awacs/767/767specs.html