US Navy to start the next phase of E-2D Block II modernisation in FY2028
An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye prepares to depart the USS Harry S. Truman flight deck. (Photo: US Navy)
NAVAIR plans to award a five-year retrofit contract to a broader transition of the carrier-based airborne early warning fleet to the AHE configuration.
The US Navy (USN) is outlining the coming steps of the E-2D Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft upgrading process and intends to award Northrop Grumman a contract to procure, store, assemble and install Block II retrofit kits in FY2028.
According to a special notice published by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the service plans to issue a five-year, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) agreement, covering products and services required “to rapidly integrate and field aircraft, simulator, trainer, and/or ground support equipment modifications”.
Although the document has not disclosed technical details of the modifications to be conducted in the next phase,
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