The Britten Norman BN-2 AEW&C Defender

The Britten Norman BN-2 AEW&C Defender was proposed to nations which couldn't afford or the much expensive AEW&C aircraft like the Grumman E-2 Hawkeye or the Boeing E-3 Sentry. In 1984, Britten Norman built a BN-2 prototype which used a Thorn EMI Skymaster radar which was fitted on the nose. The prototype was successful, but a few years later, the Skymaster radar was replaced by the APG-66 radar which was featured on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. BN-2 Defender AEW&C was continually offered by Britten Norman, but even despite being offered as cheap AWACS aircraft, no buyers came forward and the AEW&C Defender was abandoned in the mid-1990's.

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