FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy
has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) a $3.6 billion fixed price, incentive fee multiyear
contract to deliver 25 new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, bringing
the total number of aircraft on contract to 50.
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Developed and produced by Northrop Grumman, the E-2D Advanced
Hawkeye is the world's only aircraft specifically designed as a
carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C)
system. With its structurally distinctive design – a rotating
rotodome and four vertical stabilizer tail configuration – the E-2D
Advanced Hawkeye provides unprecedented, 360-degree surveillance to
the warfighter.
"The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the Navy's primary airborne early
warning and battle management command and control platform," said
Navy Capt. John S. Lemmon, program
manager, E-2/C-2 Airborne Tactical Data System Program Office
(PMA-231). "I'm confident that as the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye attains
initial operational capability later this year, the E-2D will
continue to be ready, relevant and capable for decades to come and
continue serving the Navy Carrier Strike Group with distinction."
As the only DOD designed, tested and in-production AEW&C
platform, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye has undergone a significant
transformation from previous E-2 models, resulting in revolutionary
capabilities. This includes the new, more powerful AN/APY-9 radar
system, exclusive to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, which represents a
two-generational leap in radar technology and allows the warfighter
to "see" a greater number of targets at much greater distances – as
well as new avionics and a glass cockpit.
"A multiyear procurement of these additional E-2Ds will take
advantage of efficient, stable production lines at both Northrop
Grumman and our suppliers, and will generate significant cost
savings for taxpayers and the Navy," said Bart LaGrone, vice president, E-2/C-2 Programs,
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "It's a win-win – our
warfighters will get the advanced AEW&C technology that the
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye brings, at a lower cost for taxpayers."
The Northrop Grumman-led supplier team – "Team Hawkeye" – brings
together the best in industry, ensuring the continued success of
the Advanced Hawkeye program. Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics and
Surveillance Systems, Syracuse, New
York, serves as the principal AN/APY-9 radar system supplier
and is teamed with Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems,
Baltimore, and Raytheon's Space
and Airborne Systems, El Segundo,
California. Rolls-Royce (Indianapolis, IN) provides the T-56-A engines
while BAE Systems, Greenlawn, New
York, is responsible for the identification friend or foe
system and L-3 Communications Randtron Antenna Systems,
Menlo Park, California, developed
the ultra-high frequency electronically scanned array antenna.
"Since the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye delivery in 2007, every
aircraft has been delivered on schedule and on budget," LaGrone
said. "It is this kind of proven program performance and
partnership with our customer that results in a multiyear contract
– validating that the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the right system at
the right time for the right cost."
The Navy's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye program of record is for 75
aircraft, of which Northrop Grumman has already delivered 13
production aircraft.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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