This odd plank is actually an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system called the PS-890 Erieye, and it's sensitive enough to detect a boat-sized target up to 100 nautical miles away.

Both the Erieye radar and associated electronics were designed and built in Sweden. The Erieye AEW system was also available in the Brazilian EMB 145 twin-jet regional aircraft. This 21-ton aircraft ...

The Erieye radar system, based around the PS-890 AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar, is mounted in a distinctive ‘plank' above the carrier aircraft's fuselage.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 10 (UPI) --Saab is to deliver a new airborne surveillance system to the United Arab Emirates that incorporates its new version Erieye radar system.The system ...

Saab Group, a Swedish defense company (cousin to the more commonly known car manufacturer), recently received a large order for an airborne surveillance system.The buying country, which is unnamed ...

Saab is to provide support services for its Erieye airborne early warning radar system operated by the United Arab Emirates. Pictured, a 340 Erieye Radar of the Royal Thai Air Force.

Greece takes Erieye radar . 2001-10-16T00:00:00+01:00. The Greek air force has taken delivery of the first two of four Erieye airborne warning and control systems.

Saab has sold more than 20 AEW&C systems to eight customers, a respectable share of a small but lucrative market (the UAE deal for two GlobalEyes and upgrades to two Saab 340AEWs was worth US$1.27 ...

Saab has announced that it has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for maintenance of the Erieye airborne radar system. The order, announced 5 June, 2012, has a ...

November 25, 2021: In late 2021 the Swedish Air Force ordered two of the new GlobalEye AEW (airborne early warning)/ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) system to replace its two 1990s era Erieye AEW ...