It is Indian Airforce’s formally inducted first indigenously built Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C).

• It has been developed by DRDO.
• It is based on an Embraer aircraft provided with self-protection suite and mid-air refuelling capabilities.

The AEW&C system is developed to serve the Indian Air Force in detection and tracking, identification and classification of threats, guidance and interception control, display of air situation picture and multisensor data integration.