AWACS is a standalone airborne early warning and control system designed to detect, track, and coordinate targets at long range. Built as a self-contained platform, it focuses on surveillance, radar coverage, and battlefield awareness rather than direct combat.

Press F9 to hide the game HUD and activate AWACS. Built with a focus on realism and immersion that we possibily can get in Simpleplanes.

About this system:

Turn the radio ON, press "Select" then "Search", this is basicaly "Cycletargetingmode" and "NextTarget" for each target type and if there is one, it will dispaly in cardinal points and distance.
Detection: Ground Targets from stock game are detected to a max of 5km range while no limit to air targets (player builds).

Variables: You need them in your build for AWACS to work.

TargetAlpha

floor(Time / 5) - floor(Time / 10) * 2 < 1 ? 1 : 0

ActiveRadio

Radar & TargetSelected & TargetAlpha

targetvelocity (by @bjac0)

TargetSelected ? sqrt(pow(rate(Altitude+(TargetDistancesin(TargetElevation))),2)+pow(rate(Longitude+((TargetDistancecos(TargetElevation))sin(TargetHeading))),2)+pow(rate(Latitude+((TargetDistancecos(TargetElevation))*cos(TargetHeading))),2)) : 0

As always, happy flight!