Beriev A-50 Shmel airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, or its Russian radar
Beriev | Beriev A-60 | Beriev A-50 |
Beriev A-60, a Soviet and then Russian airborne laser flying laboratory
The name Altair was chosen as it is not only the name of the alpha star in the Eagle constellation, but also because "Al" is the first part of the name of the A-40 Albatross amphibious aircraft, whose layout was the development basis for the creation of the Be-200, "ta" stands for Taganrog, and "ir" stands for Irkutsk.