Northrop Grumman Awarded $408 Million U.S. Navy Pilot Production Contract for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye; System Development and Demo
19 Juillet 2007 - 5:14PM
PR Newswire (US)
BETHPAGE, N.Y., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a $408 million pilot
production contract to produce the next three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
airborne early warning and battle management command and control
(AEW/BMC2) aircraft for the U.S. Navy from 2007 to 2010. A photo
accompanying this release is available at:
http://media.primezone.com/noc/ The first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
development aircraft, known as Delta One, is slated to fly in late
summer, with the second SD&D aircraft scheduled for its first
flight later in 2007. This contract is a follow-on to the $2
billion System Development and Demonstration Contract (SD&D)
awarded in 2003. "Our goal has always been to design, build and
deliver a product that brings the Navy one step closer to expanding
its arsenal of 21st century network-centric warfare and battle
management capabilities," said Tom Vice, vice president of Airborne
Early Warning and Battle Management Command and Control Programs --
Navy, for Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector. "We've done
just that. The E-2D is a revolutionary upgrade that gives the
warfighter expanded battlespace awareness, especially in the area
of information operations. The Advanced Hawkeye concentrates battle
management, theater air missile defense and multiple sensor fusion
capabilities in one aircraft." Vice said the Navy plans to procure
at least 75 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, which all will be manufactured
at Northrop Grumman's East Coast Manufacturing Center in St.
Augustine, Fla. "Our Navy program has an exceptional industry
partner -- Northrop Grumman and the companies that comprise Team
Hawkeye," said Capt. Randy Mahr, NAVAIR's Advanced Hawkeye program
manager. The Advanced Hawkeyes will be delivered in 2010 and will
support the program's scheduled operational evaluation of the
aircraft. "We will be ready in 2011 to be the backbone of the
network-centric Navy, providing what America needs well in to the
middle of the century," Mahr said. While the external appearance of
the E-2D is similar to the E-2C, the systems are completely
redesigned and the capabilities are vastly expanded. At the heart
of the aircraft is the new radar, the APY-9, which can "see"
smaller targets and more of them at a greater range. The new
rotodome contains an electronically scanned array that provides
critically important, continuous, 360-degree scanning. This
capability allows flight operators to focus the radar on select
areas of interest. Inside the aircraft, Advanced Hawkeye operators
will have new radar system workstations, integrated satellite
communications capabilities and other cutting-edge tools to better
manage the battlespace. An additional new feature of the E-2D is
the state-of-the-art glass cockpit that replaces prior-generation
Hawkeye displays and avionics systems. One of the advantages is
that one of the two pilots can serve as an additional operator when
necessary. "These advances provide warfighters with expanded
situational awareness to compress the time between initial
awareness and active engagement," Vice added. "That is a huge
technological accomplishment that was only possible because we have
a remarkable USN/industry team. The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye will
provide Joint U.S. forces and coalition partners' airborne battle
management command and control from the sea, in both over-land and
over-water environments." Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30
billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000
employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in
information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding
to government and commercial customers worldwide. DATASOURCE:
Northrop Grumman Corporation CONTACT: Dianne Baumert-Moyik of
Northrop Grumman Corporation, +1-516-346-2142, Web site:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/
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