KJ-600 carrierborne AEWC thread

[HighGround]

Once the development of the KJ-600 has been completed and ready for PLAN service, will it become a viable AEW platform for export to friendly countries, even though it will be land-based only?

Personally, I believe that KJ-600 is suitable for countries with sizeable air forces but having tight budgets which prevent them from acquiring larger AEW(&C) aircrafts like the KJ-500.

I don't see why to be honest. Feels like if an air force is investing into an Awac, they might as well get a big one. An Awac is already a "luxury" purchase.

 

[banjex]

I think the modifications which go into making the KJ-600 carrier ready would offset the savings from it being smaller than the KJ-500.

 

[DaTang cavalry]

This person posted this picture on WeChat, saying that there are already 10 KJ600 prototypes and they will be tested on the carrier.

 

[para80]

Well, it will be some time before they can test a KJ-600 on CV-18, given the carrier is nowhere near ready for such at the moment. Down the road its kinda pointing out the obvious.

 

[by78]

A bigger version of the latest image.

 

[H2O]

Well, it will be some time before they can test a KJ-600 on CV-18, given the carrier is nowhere near ready for such at the moment. Down the road its kinda pointing out the obvious.

Would

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work for their current carriers? This is assuming that the KJ-600 have mounting points for these 'rockets.'

 

[lcloo]

Would

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work for their current carriers? This is assuming that the KJ-600 have mounting points for these 'rockets.'

This is the answer from Bing AI Chabot:-
RATO or JATO (jet-assisted take-off) is a type of assisted take-off for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small rockets.
JATO takeoff was used extensively in World War II and in the Korean War. However, it was phased out after the end of the Korean War because of high accident rate.

The most famous RATO or JATO accident was the failed Taheran hostage rescue mission by US in 1980. One of the rocket was fired accidentally and caused crash of C-130.

 

[Tirdent]

RATO assisted take-off from a carrier by heavy, land-based aircraft

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, but not routinely and not in combination with a ski jump (though there is in principle no reason why the latter couldn't work). The airframe would need to be fitted with mounting points stressed to take the thrust load, and the nose landing gear oleo might need modifications to not bottom out when it hits the ramp.

 

[Lethe]

Once the development of the KJ-600 has been completed and ready for PLAN service, will it become a viable AEW platform for export to friendly countries, even though it will be land-based only?

Personally, I believe that KJ-600 is suitable for countries with sizeable air forces but having tight budgets which prevent them from acquiring larger AEW(&C) aircrafts like the KJ-500.

I suspect that without the constraints of carrier operations to consider, the KJ-600 airframe is likely to be less than ideal compared to something like SAAB's Ereiye solution mounted on a small airliner platform, with constrained cabin volume limiting onboard data processing and analysis. It can still be a viable solution considered holistically, just as there have been a few land-based E-2 Hawkeye customers over the years. A prospective client would be looking at the cost/capability trade-offs of already established and integrated KJ-600 compared to a more custom solution optimised for their requirements.

Compare E-2D Hawkeye interior with that of PAF SAAB 340 Ereieye:

 

[supersnoop]

What advantage would KJ-600 land-based offer over ZDK-03? Isn’t ZDK-03 already the “cost-optimized” KJ-500?