Northrop Grumman wins contract for E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes
The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for long lead materials and related support for five full-rate production Lot 2 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, worth $113.7 million.
The deal, announced 18 July, follows the Defense Acquisition Board's decision in January to proceed with full-rate production of the E-2D, after the aircraft passed an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) report.
With the navy's E-2D programme of record at 75 aircraft, this contract award is another step forward in bringing the total procurement of E-2D aircraft, including low-rate initial production and full-rate production aircraft, to 30.
Northrop Grumman delivered the 10th E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the US Navy in June, having delivered the first nine aircraft on or ahead of schedule.
There are currently ten additional aircraft in various stages of manufacturing and pre-delivery flight testing at the company's Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence in St. Augustine, Fla.
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is scheduled to achieve initial operational capability in 2015.
More from Digital Battlespace
-
Northrop Grumman hones US Space Force satellite design in virtual environment
The company has applied its Highly Immersive Virtual Environment technology to the design process of polar overwatch satellites ordered by the US Space Force.
-
Northrop Grumman joins USAF effort to build digital network backbone
The company will join Phase 1 of the Common Tactical Edge Network effort to enable Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2).
-
Raytheon satellite network will help track hypersonic threats
Raytheon Technologies has received an award worth over $250 million to design, develop and deliver a seven-vehicle networked missile tracking satellite constellation from the US Space Development …
-
Australia's C4i secures Asia-Pacific air defence voice comms contract
Frequentis Group's Australian subsidiary C4i has been awarded a contract to provide a VOIP communications control system to enhance a major Asia-Pacific national air defence network.
-
Ukraine adds automated wide-area reconnaissance system
Rheinmetall and DefSecIntel of Estonia are supplying a number of mast-mounted mobile surveillance systems for use in Ukraine.