Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye

The Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather aircraft 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 E-1 Tracer which was rapidly becoming obsolete.

Boeing E-3 Sentry and Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye are the most common systems worldwide.1
decks with the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye- since the E-2 had the dish-like radome above the fusleage, the wings couldn't be folded up and over each other as was done on other long-span carrier aircraft 2
Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye for a four-aircraft, $1 billion sale, a Saab executive said.3

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Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is the predecessor of the Grumman C-2 Greyhound.

Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye and Saab Erieye system in contention.4
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Height Main
18
Align
right
Height Alt
5.58 m
Length Alt
17.60 m
Ferry Range Alt
2708.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Loaded Weight Main
40200.0
Max Speed Alt
648.0
Topic
Hi-res cutaway diagram
Endurance
28800.0
Crew
Five: two pilots
combat information center officer
the air control officer
and the radar operator
Loading Main
73
Power/mass Main
684.0
Introduced
January 1964
Power/mass Alt
Max Speed Main
350
Cruise Speed Main
256
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
26083.0
Ceiling Main
34700.0
Type Of Prop
Turboprop
Successor
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
Max Takeoff Weight Main
57500.0
Unit Cost
8.0E7
US$80 million
Loaded Weight Alt
18090.0
Cruise Speed Alt
474.0
Area Main
700.0
Primary user
United States Navy
Span Alt
24.56 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
3800.0
Engine(prop)
Rolls-Royce T56-A-427A
Manufacturer
Grumman
Northrop Grumman
Status
Active service
First Flight
1960
Climb Rate Main
2515.0
Power Main
5100.0
Image
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Number Of Props
2
Width
220
Climb Rate Alt
13 m-s
Variants With Their Own Articles
Grumman C-2 Greyhound
Length Main
57
Span Main
2456.1800000000003
Area Alt
65 m²
Similar Aircraft
* Fairey Gannet* Yakovlev Yak-44* E-3 Sentry* KJ-200* Airawat
Related
* E-1 Tracer* C-2 Greyhound
Empty Weight Main
43068.0
Ceiling Alt
10
576 m
Ferry Range Main
1462.0
Category
AWACS aircraft
Carrier-based aircraft
Grumman aircraft
Gulf War aircraft
United States Coast Guard Aviation
Empty Weight Alt
19536.0
Loading Alt
355

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