E-2D Hawkeye: The Navy’s New AWACS

[rangerrebew]

E-2D Hawkeye: The Navy’s New AWACS
Aug 05, 2020 04:58 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff
 

August 5/20: Reviews And Planning Northrop Grumman won a $34.7 million ordering agreement external link, which provides non-recurring engineering for requirements development and systems engineering technical reviews and certification planning; initial requirements change requests; procurement strategy source selection package; performance based navigation certification plan; initial system safety; cyber; program protection and exportability analysis; integrated master schedule; and other associated technical deliverables in support of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye cockpit redesign. Operating from an altitude more than 25,000ft high, the Hawkeye alerts the naval task force to approaching air threats, while also providing threat identification and positional data to fighter aircraft such as F-14 Tomcats. The next-generation E-2D Advanced Hawkeye has a new radar system, theatre missile defense capabilities, multi-sensor integration and a Northrop Grumman Navigation Systems tactical glass cockpit. Work will take place in Melbourne, Florida and Patuxent River, Maryland. Expected completion will be in January, 2022.

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/e-2d-hawkeye-the-navys-new-awacs-03443/#E-2DAdvancedHawkeye:Program

[PeteS in CA]

... Operating from an altitude more than 25,000ft high, the Hawkeye alerts the naval task force to approaching air threats, while also providing threat identification and positional data to fighter aircraft such as F-14 Tomcats. ...

?? The F-14 Tomcat was retired by the USN in 2006.

?? Production of the E-2D began in 2010, hardly new. The USN currently has around 45 E-2Ds.