Bengaluru: At the time when low flying to avoid radar detection was predominant, the Americans in 1973, brought in new Operational Requirements (OR) for the design and development of Airborne Warning and Control System called ‘AWACS’, but their initial Operational Clearance (IOC) version of AWACS started flying in 1978.
Following this. in the mid-eighties, India started the study project and submitted its report recommending the design of Indian AWACS. After a gap, a project known as Airborne Surveillance Platform (ASP) was sanctioned by DRDO and an organization known as Centre for Air Borne System (CABS) was established in 1991 in Bengaluru.
