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08 April 2024
by Jeremiah Cushman
A US Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye demonstrating its aerial refuelling capability. (Northrop Grumman)
The E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft has been the eyes of US Navy carrier strike groups for more than 60 years. The newest variant, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, brings the latest technology into the platform that can confront threats anywhere in the world, Janice Zilch, Northrop Grumman’s vice-president for multi-domain command and control, told
Janes
on 5 April, ahead of the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, from 8 to 10 April.
Unlike previous variants of the platform, the E-2D is equally effective over the sea, littorals, and land. It has also evolved into an airborne battle management command-and-control system. “We like to call ourselves the offensive and defensive co-ordinator of the carrier strike group,” Zilch said. The aircraft is designed to seamlessly analyse, fuse, and distribute multi-domain information into a command-and-control system of systems. The Advanced Hawkeye supports all domains at all levels of war, she said.
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