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The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a replacement for the earlier, piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was rapidly becoming obsolete.
The AN/APY-9 Radar is designed for Airborne Early Warning and Control operations onboard the E-2D 'Advanced Hawkeye', guiding both surface fleet and airborne assets of the United States Navy. It was designed to detect, track, and identify air and surface targets in blue-water , littoral , and overland environments, and is capable of guiding ...
Grumman products were prominent in several feature movies including The Final Countdown in 1980, [8] Top Gun in 1986, and Flight of the Intruder in 1990. [9] The U.S. Navy still employs the Hawkeye as part of Carrier Air Wings on board aircraft carriers, while the U.S. Marine Corps, the last branch of service to fly the Prowler, retired it on ...
Northrop Grumman (NOC) will offer long-lead parts and associated support to the full-rate production of two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has been awarded a three-year $9.2 million contract by the U.S. Army to produce hand-held precision targeting devices (HHPTDs), a precise battlefield targeting ...
A Royal Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry over North Yorkshire. An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as performing command and control of the battlespace in aerial engagements by informing and directing friendly fighter and attack ...
On November 8, 2011, a second pair of E-2T Hawkeye AEW (s/n 2501 and 2502) were loaded on a ship and sent to the US for upgrade to the E-2C 2000 standard. The first pair of E-2T (s/n 2503 and 2504) were sent to the US in June 2010 and returned to Taiwan on December 18, 2011, and will be return to service by end of the year.
The plant was most associated with assembling, flight testing, refitting, and retrofitting naval aircraft like the Grumman A-6 Intruder, E-2 Hawkeye, EA-6B Prowler and Grumman F-14 Tomcat. [6] Older U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft such as the F9F Panther, F-9 Cougar, and F-11 Tiger were also tested at the facility.