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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 ...
AN/APY-11 US designation for Elta EL/M-2022 [85] maritime, littoral and surveillance radar jointly produced by ITT Exelis to support the United States Coast Guard's Long Range Surveillance HC-130J aircraft. [86] AN/APY-12 Phoenix Eye synthetic aperture radar surveillance radar developed by Lockheed Martin [87]
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 ...
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 Navy was forced to halt the contract in response to a challenge by Lockheed. [9] Lockheed officially withdrew their protest in January 2014, [10] allowing the Navy to lift the stop work order. [11] In March 2022, Raytheon announced a $3.2B contract to outfit every new surface ship in the US Navy with the SPY-6 family of radars. [12] [13]
Diagram of the Aegis Combat System (Baseline 2-6). The Aegis Combat System (ACS) implements advanced command and control (command and decision, or C&D, in Aegis parlance). It is composed of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS), the fast-reaction component of the Aegis Anti-Aircraft Warfare (AAW) capability, along with the Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS), and the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System
The first radar flight on Lockheed Martin's CATBird avionics test-bed occurred in November 2008. [6] In June 2009, the F-35s APG-81 active electronically scanned array radar was integrated in the Northern Edge 2009 large-scale military exercise when it was mounted on the front of a Northrop Grumman test aircraft.
Northrop's (NOC) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft is the fourth version of the E-2 Hawkeye, used by the U.S. Navy.