KJ-600 carrierborne AEWC thread & possible KY-600 (?) COD aircraft

[by78]

Self-explanatory.

 

[defenceman]

Self-explanatory.

Hi,
any chance of knowing about dish rotation while flying or was it static
thank you

 

[T-U-P]

Hi,
any chance of knowing about dish rotation while flying or was it static
thank you

I don't think there are hard video evidences, but by the nature of the antenna design, where it only covers a single direction, the dish has to spin for full coverage.

 

[by78]

Spotted again.

 

[by78]

Self-explanatory.

 

[bsdnf]

Hi,
any chance of knowing about dish rotation while flying or was it static
thank you

Single-sided AESA array, requires mechanical rotation for 360 dection.

 

[by78]

I don't believe this has been shared before. A procurement document for a training simulator for the KJ-600 indicates that it has four operator consoles, which is one more than the E-2.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A KJ-600 flyby with #7106, likely taken during parade exercises.

 

[Deino]

Indeed … As it seems, the KJ-600 images are getting clearer and clearer … however this one no. 7106 is still a prototype and appears to lack official PLA-markings.

(Images via @鼎盛DDX from Weibo)

 

[Tomboy]

What if KJ-600 will be like the B-21 and have late prototypes be converted to serial standard once testing is complete especially with KJ-600 being a low volume product. I'm pretty sure that was the case with KJ-500 as there wasn't a delicated KJ-500 prototype IIRC.