Northrop Grumman to upgrade E-2 Hawkeye for Egyptian Air Force
(NSI News Source Info) 14 August 2008: Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $38 million contract to upgrade an E-2C airborne early warning and control aircraft for the Egypt E-2C Foreign Military Sales Programme.
The aircraft will be refurbished and upgraded to the Hawkeye 2000 (HE2K) configuration, including upgrades to the radar, mission computer, tactical mission system displays and navigation system. This aircraft modification work will be done at Northrop Grumman's St. Augustine Manufacturing centre (SAMC) facility in Florida while the engineering work will be conducted in Bethpage, N.Y.
Almost one-third of the Hawkeyes currently in operation world-wide are flown by international customers, including Japan, Taiwan, Egypt, Singapore and France. With its commercial-off-the-shelf based architecture and network-centric connectivity, the Hawkeye 2000 is an extremely capable multi-mission platform, providing simultaneous air and surface surveillance, strike and intercept control, search and rescue support, and drug interdiction.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Northrop Grumman to upgrade E-2 Hawkeye for Egyptian Air Force
Northrop Grumman to upgrade E-2 Hawkeye for Egyptian Air Force
(NSI News Source Info) 14 August 2008: Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $38 million contract to upgrade an E-2C airborne early warning and control aircraft for the Egypt E-2C Foreign Military Sales Programme.
The aircraft will be refurbished and upgraded to the Hawkeye 2000 (HE2K) configuration, including upgrades to the radar, mission computer, tactical mission system displays and navigation system. This aircraft modification work will be done at Northrop Grumman's St. Augustine Manufacturing centre (SAMC) facility in Florida while the engineering work will be conducted in Bethpage, N.Y.
Almost one-third of the Hawkeyes currently in operation world-wide are flown by international customers, including Japan, Taiwan, Egypt, Singapore and France. With its commercial-off-the-shelf based architecture and network-centric connectivity, the Hawkeye 2000 is an extremely capable multi-mission platform, providing simultaneous air and surface surveillance, strike and intercept control, search and rescue support, and drug interdiction.
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