AVIC KJ-900 “Swift” Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft

Description:
In the future aerospace defense system, information dominance will be the key to victory. To meet the People's Air Force's demand for wide-area, persistent, and highly jamming-resistant early warning capabilities, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has developed a new-generation medium-sized airborne warning and control aircraft based on a domestically produced large airliner platform — the KJ-900, codenamed "Swift".

The KJ-900 employs a unique "Active/Passive Cooperative Detection" system architecture:
- Primary Sensor: A four-faced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar housed in the rotodome above the fuselage, providing 360-degree, all-aspect surveillance coverage.
- Distributed Auxiliary Sensor Array: Conformal radomes integrated into the nose, both sides of the fuselage, and the tail section contain multi-function radio frequency sensors. These are responsible for electronic reconnaissance, communications relay, and lateral coverage supplementation, forming an integrated cooperative detection network with the main radar.

This design aims to achieve far superior target identification accuracy, anti-jamming capability, and battlefield survivability compared to traditional AWACS aircraft, even in complex electromagnetic environments. The KJ-900 is not merely an "airborne radar station", but an "aerial command nexus" for future system-of-systems warfare.

The aircraft's airframe is painted in the low-observability dark grey scheme used by next-generation assets like the KJ-3000. The "Swift" codename symbolizes its keen perception, rapid response, and agile presence at high altitudes.

Controls:

AG1 to activate radar rotation (But now I realized that it's not realistic for a next-generation AEW&CA...... and it will continue rotating once activated. Hmm...like a Pleiadean "feature"?)
AG8 to start/stop the engines.

Author's Notes

This is my first aircraft featuring a more realistic cockpit windshield contour and nose section, though there is still much room for improvement in the building. For instance, the rotodome uses a four-sided radar array because I haven’t yet figured out how to construct an equilateral triangle using the game’s fuselage parts. As I have not yet mastered techniques like "wing wrapping" construction, the wings and engines still use stock parts. The fuselage and landing gear are also somewhat crudely modeled. Special thanks to MAPA’s COMAC C919-100ER for providing a reference method for constructing the nose section.

AVIC 空警-900 “雨燕” 预警
在未来的空天防御体系中，制信息权将成为决胜关键。为满足人民空军对广域、持久、强抗干扰预警能力的需求，中国航空工业集团基于国产大型客机平台，研制了新一代中型预警指挥机——空警-900，代号“雨燕”。
空警-900采用独特的“主/被动协同探测”系统架构：
· 主传感器：机背上方的四面阵有源相控阵雷达，提供360度全向无死角监视能力。
· 分布式辅助传感器阵列：机头、机身两侧及机尾的共形天线罩内，集成有多功能射频传感器，负责电子侦察、通信中继与侧向补盲，与主雷达构成一体化协同探测网络。
该设计旨在复杂电磁环境下，实现远超传统预警机的目标识别精度、抗干扰能力与战场生存性。空警-900不仅是“空中雷达站”，更是未来体系化作战的“空中指挥枢纽”。
空警-900机身采用空警-3000等新一代装备的低可视度深灰色涂装，“雨燕”代号，寓意其敏锐、迅捷与在高空的灵动姿态。
这是我第一个包含更真实的驾驶舱风挡轮廓和机头的作品，不过制作水平仍有许多欠缺，如机背雷达罩使用的是四面阵雷达，因为不知道如何用游戏机身部件制作等边三角形；由于对包翼等制作技术尚未掌握，飞机机翼和引擎仍用原版部件；机身和起落架制作稍显粗糙等。感谢MAPA的https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/42ixFq/COMAC-C919-100ER作为制作机头部分的方法参考。
使用AG1启动雷达旋转（现在发现好像旋转雷达不适合这种新一代预警机，而且一旦启动就停不下来了……就当是一个“来自昴宿星团的特性”吧: )
使用AG8启动/关闭引擎。