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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.
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Combat Aircraft; F/A-18 Super Hornet: United States: multirole: F/A-18E/F: 421 76 on order [1] F-35 Lightning II: United States stealth multirole F-35C: 30 204 on order [1] AWACS; E-2 Hawkeye: United States: AEW: E-2C/D: 83 25 on order [1] Electronic Warfare; E-6 Mercury: United States: TACAMO: 16 ...
Two E-2D from VAW-121 over Fort Jefferson. On returning from a mission on 31 March 2010, an E-2C Hawkeye suffered a catastrophic engine failure. The condition of the starboard engine made the aircraft almost impossible to control. The pilot, LT Steven Zilberman, made sure the aircraft stayed level so the other three crew members could bail out ...
Northrop Grumman won a pair of Pentagon contracts Tuesday, both benefiting the U.S. Navy, and both relating to the Navy's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft. The smaller of the ...
Northrop's (NOC) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft is the fourth version of the E-2 Hawkeye, used by the U.S. Navy.
This is a list of airborne early warning aircraft. An AEW aircraft is an airborne radar system generally used to detect incoming aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, and other projectiles and provide guidance to fighter and attack aircraft strikes. NATO Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS AEW aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corp's (NOC) business unit, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., wins a modification contract worth $353.6 million for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
E-2C Hawkeye E-2D Hawkeye. The VAW designation was first created in July 1948 with the establishment of VAW-1 and VAW-2 to designate "Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron". [8] It was in use for only one month as in August 1948 VAW-1 and VAW-2 were redesignated "Composite Squadron" VC-11 and VC-12.