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The wide cabin introduced on the G650 has also been incorporated into the G500 and G600. The G500 and G600 are currently in advanced
stages of testing prior to certification. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.

(IAI – later Israel Aerospace Industries) interiors but are externally modified with NEW GENERATION
airborne integrated SIGINT system. large conformal fairings on the fuselage In 2008, the company announced it was
Externally, the aircraft is fitted with a long sides to facilitate 360º surveillance, nose developing a brand new flagship, the ultra
belly gondola and an antenna pod on the and tail radomes and a fin-tip antenna. long-range Gulfstream G650. While it
fin tip together with numerous external Orders for four similar CAEW aircraft have followed the familiar design layout, the
antennas. Even more modified are the two also come from the Republic of Singapore G650 was a larger aircraft and it had a new
Eitam CAEW-IAF (conformal airborne early Air Force and two, modified by IAI, have semi-oval fuselage cross section which
warning) aircraft which entered service been delivered to the Italian Air Force. made the cabin 14in (0.36m) wider than that
in September 2007. These carry Elta Australia will also receive a special missions of the G450 giving eight windows on each
Systems’ advanced L-band/S-band airborne G550, modified by L-3 Systems, by the end side. It also had a wing which was 6ft 1in
electronically scanned array (AESA) and of 2017 and the US Navy is to replace its (1.86m) longer and with increased sweep
airborne early warning (AEW) radars, NP-3D Billboard range monitoring aircraft (36° compared with 27° on previous models).
advanced data links and fully missionised with a similar CAEW Gulfstream. It had fly-by-wire controls and, from 2014,

The PlaneView II cockpit on the G650ER. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.

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