Gulfstream G550 - Variants

Variants

• G500: A derivative of the Gulfstream V with shorter range than G550.
• G550: Longer range version with more advanced cockpit.
• C-37B: G550 version used by US military.
• G550 Airborne Early Warning: Israel has acquired a number of G550s, fitted with Elta's EL/W-2085 sensor package (a newer derivative of the Phalcon system) for Airborne Early Warning (AEW) use and named the aircraft Eitam. This aircraft is heavily modified for the AEW role by Gulfstream's partner, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and is also called CAEW (Conformal Airborne Early Warning) by Gulfstream Special Missions Department. Israel has also acquired a number of communications jamming equipped G550s dubbed SEMA (Special Electronic Missions Aircraft) with systems integration also carried out by IAI. Singapore ordered four similar G550 CAEW aircraft equipped with the EL/W-2085 sensor package from Gulfstream and IAI.
• Air-to-air refuelling variant: Israel Aerospace Industries has plans to adapt the G550 for air-to-air refuelling.