Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "BERIEV MAINSTAY: The Soviet AWACS" video.

Chiba's KJ-2000 maintains the aesthetics of the disc-shaped radome (at a glance it looks like it's an A-50), but its radome is non-rotating and contains three AESA radars, each covering a 120° sector. Russia's A-100 is supposed to replace the A-50 and still has a rotating radome, but with an AESA radar in it. But as with many Russian vehicles, whether it will ever get past the prototype stage is questionable. A grand total of two have been built, one of which didn't actually have the new radar.
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@guaporeturns9472 Because with AESA radars, it's no longer strictly necessary to have a rotating radome to get 360° coverage.
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Given the shortcomings you mentioned about the Il-76 platform, and the fact that the A-50 didn't actually enter service until 1984, I wonder if they would've been better off installing the radar and associated systems on the Il-86 instead.
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@Steven-k8t There would've been some delay, but they might have gotten a better outcome. As for the A-100, we'll see how long it takes for Russia to get that past the prototype stage. A lot of their projects are stuck in development hell right now.
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Which is basically an A-50 except with AESA radar.
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