AWACS & AEWCS.

Maximus · 06-19-2006, 15:32 PM

Okay. What is the difference between the two?

Is AWACS just an American way calling an AEWCS that, or is AEWCS just an Eurpoean way of calling an AWACS that way? (Huh?

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As far as I could research, AEWCS are lesser versatile, less costlier than AWACS . And IMHO AEWCS also lack onboard information processing, which an AWACS has.

Anyone care to shed any more light on this.

JG73 · 06-19-2006, 19:47 PM

AFAIK this are only two different shortcuts for the same thing.

(A)irborne (W)arning (A)nd (C)ontroll (S)ystem and (A)irborne (E)arly (W)arning and (C)ontroll (S)ystem.
So it's not defintly bound to a specific aircraft. Although AWACS usually is used for E-3s and Hawkeye for E-2s but you could also call E-2 AWACS.

**TopHatter** · 06-19-2006, 20:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG73

AFAIK this are only two different shortcuts for the same thing.

(A)irborne (W)arning (A)nd (C)ontroll (S)ystem and (A)irborne (E)arly (W)arning and (C)ontroll (S)ystem.
So it's not defintly bound to a specific aircraft. Although AWACS usually is used for E-3s and Hawkeye for E-2s but you could also call E-2 AWACS.

A few members have posted something on this subject in past. I did a net search on the question to find one of the posts:

Quote:

Originally Posted by B.Smitty

The difference between AWACS and AEW is that an AWACS carries additional crew who perform Command and Control duties (think mil version of an airport control tower), and an AEW feeds its sensor picture back to a surface station. Future of AWACS?

The whole difference then is the "C" for Control. An E-3 Sentry can do it, an E-2 Hawkeye cannot.

On the other hand, you can do carrier takeoff and landings with an E-2

Major Dad · 06-19-2006, 21:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TopHatter

The whole difference then is the "C" for Control. An E-3 Sentry can do it, an E-2 Hawkeye cannot.

Not exactly. The E-2 makes extensive use of data links, both to provide their radar picture directly to their assets (provided their assets are equipped with JTIDS or Link 14 or whatever the Navy used to call it), and to pass control information to their fighters. This can allow an E-2 crew to control more aircraft than might be expected from a comparison with an E-3. What the the E-2 cannot do is the command function. There is simply no way an E-2 can carry a battle staff like an E-3 can.

**TopHatter** · 06-19-2006, 21:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Major Dad

What the the E-2 cannot do is the command function. There is simply no way an E-2 can carry a battle staff like an E-3 can.

That's what I was thinking of...battle management.

Maximus · 06-20-2006, 13:10 PM

There is a very thin line between commanding & controlling. Eh?

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