Helicopter AEW Systems
The Royal Navy Sea King ASaC7 naval helicopter is operated from Invincible-class aircraft carriers. The creation of Sea King ASaC7, and earlier AEW.2 and AEW.5 is the consequence of lessons learnt by the Royal Navy in the 1982 Falklands War when the lack of AEW coverage for the task force was a major tactical shortcoming. The Spanish Navy fields the SH-3 Sea King in the same role, operated from the carriers Principe de Asturias and Juan Carlos I
The Russian-built Kamov Ka-31 is deployed by the Indian Navy on Krivak-III frigates and reportedly used by the Russian Navy on its sole Kuznetsov aircraft carrier. It is fitted with E-801M Oko (Eye) airborne electronic warfare radar that can track up to 20 targets simultaneously with aerial detection range 90 mi (150 km) and surface warships up to 160 mi (250 km).
The newest helicopter-based AEW is the AgustaWestland EH101 AEW of the Italian Navy.
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