India Expands NETRA MK-1A Fleet With GaN Radar To Counter Regional AWACS Gap

India’s decision to induct six additional NETRA MK-1A airborne early warning and control aircraft represents a critical turning point in its pursuit of battlespace awareness along two nuclear-armed frontiers.This expansion triples the operational Embraer-based AEW&C fleet from three to nine aircraft, directly addressing a surveillance shortfall that has constrained Indian force projection
India’s decision to induct six additional NETRA MK-1A airborne early warning and control aircraft represents a critical turning point in its pursuit of battlespace awareness along two nuclear-armed frontiers.This expansion triples the operational Embraer-based AEW&C fleet from three to nine aircraft, directly addressing a surveillance shortfall that has constrained Indian force projection
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