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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.
Unlike its siblings, VAW-121 flew the E-1B Tracer, until the mid-1970s. [1] This was due to the fact there were still carriers in the fleet that were not capable of handling for the larger E-2 Hawkeye, principally USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Essex-class carriers. [3] In July 1975, VAW-121 transitioned to the newer Grumman E-2C Hawkeye. [1]
The improved E-2C Hawkeye 2000 carries advanced capabilities over its predecessor in the areas of detection, processing, identification, communication and navigation. [ 3 ] VAW-115 has achieved 24 years and 50,000 hours [ 4 ] of Class-A mishap-free flight hours receiving eight Battle Efficiency "E" awards , seven AEW Excellence awards, and six ...
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 (NOC) is going to offer non-recurring engineering, logistics support, obsolescence management, cyber security software support, and technical data for supporting the E-2D Hawkeye aircraft.
The Department of Defense awarded eight contracts Wednesday, worth just under $956 million in combined value. One company, however, quickly scooped up nearly 65% of the funds on offer: Northrop ...
4050th Air Refueling Wing: 1 April 1955 – 1 January 1963: Westover AFB: none: none [note 14] SAC [20] [29] 4060th Air Refueling Wing: 8 March 1955 – 1 February 1960: Dow AFB: none: none: SAC [30] 4061st Air Refueling Wing: 1 July 1957 – 15 July 1961: Malmstrom AFB: none: none [note 15] SAC [31] 4108th Air Refueling Wing: 1 January 1961 ...
Northrop's (NOC) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft is the fourth version of the E-2 Hawkeye, used by the U.S. Navy.