page_title: IAI EL/W-2085
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: IAI EL/W-2085 / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: עברית: מטס חיל האוויר, עצמאות 2015, צולם מעל אשדודEnglish: IAF Israel 2015 Independence Day flyover
context_page_description: The IAI EL/W-2085 is an airborne early warning and control multi-band radar system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries and Elta Electronics Industries of Israel. Its primary objective is to provide intelligence to maintain air superiority and conduct surveillance. The system is currently in-service with Israel and Singapore, and in the future Italy and the United States.
context_section_description: Circa 2005 the Israeli Air Force purchased five Gulfstream G550-based Eitam aircraft to serve as the new IDF platform for its newer generation of AEW systems. The new aircraft use the EL/W-2085 dual-band sensor suite, and are more capable and less expensive to operate than the older Boeing 707-based EL/M-2075. Extensive modifications were made to the Gulfstream's fuselage by IAI, such as the addition of protruding composite radomes, to house the radar arrays in conformal body modifications. Based at Nevatim Airbase.
  In 2007, four similar G550-EL/W-2085 aircraft were purchased by the Republic of Singapore Air Force to replace its upgraded E-2C Hawkeyes. The new G550 aircraft entered service on 13 April 2012.
caption: An Israeli tanker and Gulfstream in refuelling formation
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