China's Future AWACS To Be Unmanned And Integrated For Future Warfare

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Global Times: Exclusive: Future AWACS to be unmanned, integrated: designer 

The future airborne early warning aircraft and control system (AWACS) will be unmanned and integrated for future warfare, a major developer told the Global Times on Thursday at the Airshow China held in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province. 

 Zhang Shaofeng, deputy manager of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation, told the Global Times that the AWACS will be a vital element for future warfare, which will require integrated clusters of various types of aircraft. 

This will require AWACS to be unmanned and more intelligent, according to Zhang.  

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