The KA-31 adapts the Helix family for airborne early warning. The operator figures given here list KA-31Rs in Russian naval aviation and related KA-35 types with Russian ground forces. They put nine KA-31s with the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Service and fourteen with the Indian Naval Air Arm. India is the largest operator among those listed, using the helicopter as an airborne early-warning platform.
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KA-31 gives carrier forces an airborne early-warning eye
The KA-31 supplies airborne early warning to Russian, Chinese, and Indian naval aviation.