Airborne Warning and Control System

Japanese: 空中警戒管制システム - くうちゅうけいかいかんせいしすてむ
Airborne Warning and Control System

...On the other hand, taking advantage of the fact that the higher the radar is positioned, the more distant low-altitude targets can be seen, there are early warning aircraft equipped with radar, which are primarily intended to send radar information to ground command centers. If an airborne command aircraft is equipped with a radar, it will have both the functions of an early warning aircraft and a command aircraft, and this is how the airborne warning and control system AWACS (short for airborne warning and control system) was born. As of 1982, airborne command aircraft include the Boeing EC135 (USA) and the Boeing E4 (USA), which are used to command strategic forces, and the latter is used as the national emergency command aircraft NEACP (short for national emergency ACP). ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Airborne Warning and Control System" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一方,レーダーの位置を高くすればするほど,遠方の低空目標が見える特性を利用して,飛行機にレーダーを搭載した早期警戒機があり,これは主としてレーダー情報を地上の指揮所に送ることを目的としたものである。空中指令機にレーダーを搭載すれば,早期警戒機と指令機の機能を兼ね備えることとなり,そこで生まれたのが空中警戒管制システムAWACS(エーワツクス)(airborne warning and control systemの略)である。1982年現在,空中指令機としては,ボーイングEC135(アメリカ),ボーイングE4(アメリカ)があり,戦略軍の指揮に用いられ,後者は国家有事指令機NEACP(ニーシプ)(national emergency ACPの略)として用いられる。…

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