Hawkeye E-2D (Indian Navy): US clears Hawkeye E-2D aircraft for India

[tvsram1992]

One more deal with US after their MRCA is rejected.

 

[kingdurgaking]

how many are we procuring??

 

[Ajaxpaul]

 

[Ajaxpaul]

 

[Kinetic]

Another latest military equipment for India. I always liked this aircraft. E-2D is the world's best naval AWACS. Its recently inducted into the USN.


E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

Program Overview:
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is a game changer in how the Navy will conduct battle management command and control. By serving as the "digital quarterback" to sweep ahead of strike, manage the mission, and keep our net-centric carrier battle groups out of harms way, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the key to advancing the mission, no matter what it may be. The E-2D gives the warfighter expanded battlespace awareness, especially in the area of information operations delivering battle management, theater air and missile defense, and multiple sensor fusion capabilities in an airborne system.

With a two-generation leap in radar sensor capability and a robust network enabled capability, the Advanced Hawkeye will deliver critical, actionable data to joint forces and first responders. These advances provide warfighters with the necessary situational awareness to compress the time between initial awareness and active engagement.


First Flight August 2007:
In August 2003, Northrop Grumman and Team Hawkeye committed to delivering Delta One, the first system development and demonstration (SD&D) aircraft and on August 3, 2007, it delivered on that promise conducting its successful first flight. Advanced Hawkeye is the cornerstone of the U.S. Navy's theater air and missile defense architecture in the littorals, overland, and open sea. E-2D's initial operational test and evaluation is on-track for 2011.

Some of the many new features of the Advanced Hawkeye are:

A completely new radar featuring both mechanical and electronic scanning capabilities
Fully Integrated "All Glass" Tactical Cockpit
Advanced Identification Friend or Foe System
New Mission Computer and Tactical Workstations
Electronic Support Measures Enhancements
Modernized Communications and Data Link Suite

These and other new developments incorporated into the E-2D ensure:

True 360-degree radar coverage provides uncompromised all-weather tracking and situational awareness
Open architecture compliant, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)-based hardware and software enables rapid, cost-wise technology refresh for consistent leading-edge mission tools
A true FORCEnet enabler - A force multiplier through network enabled capability, Advanced Hawkeye is the gateway to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael G. Mullen's vision for a "1,000-ship navy."
Multi-mission flexibility ranging from command and control through missile defense to border security

 

[Roybot]

 

[Kinetic]

Best surveillance aircraft NOW. Not after 30 years..in effect it only helps as dumping ground of obsolete tech!

Now he is talking about 30 yeas from now. A system best in the world and just inducted into the US Navy and talking about obsolete! Listen at that time we will have another system that is best in the world.

 

[Roybot]

^^ Obvious second hand P-3 Orions are the best ever

 

[ramu]

It is a gadget wizard ...

 

[Roybot]

50 billion USD MRO costs over a 30 year span ???????????????

Thats almost in the same range as the MMRCA.

That can't be right, 50 Million US$ per plane sound about right?

 

[Firemaster]

bas ab America in par koi CISMOA PISMOA na thop de

 

[Firemaster]

what is range of detection of radar ?

 

[angeldemon_007]

The clearance has been described by diplomatic sources as a fall-out of the ''successful'' visit of secretary of state Hillary Clinton, and the signing of the End User Monitoring Agreement (EUMA) of military equipment being supplied or sold by the US to India.

We signed EUMA ?

We can not deploy these on our carriers... Bigger carriers are required..
NG is trying to sell us saying that we can use these on our shore based facilities..

IN might operate a couple of them from IAC 2 also...

Nothing is finalised as of now..

Yeah but IN has made it clear that they need around 5-6...

 

[Hulk]

The news says US cleared the sale, it does not say we are buying it.

 

[sancho]

Like Jha mentioned, this news is not new:

US clears Hawkeye E-2D aircraft for India

October 1, 2010

US clears Hawkeye E-2D aircraft for India - GLG News


Also lets not mix this up with other competitions, because the E-2D is offered for IN once for their requirement of shore based AWACS aircrafts, as well as possible carrier AWACS for IAC 2, in case it gets a CATOBAR layout. Neither IAC1, or the Gorshkov can used them, that's why IN bought Ka 31 AEW helicopter for them:

Kamov Ka-31 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


These aircrafts have mainly the same aim of monitoring the air primarily and secondary the sea for ships, or boats, but this has nothing to do with the Medium Range Maritime Reconnaissance (MRMR) competition of IN, because these aircrafts has only the aim of maritime surveillance, which means ships, boats and subs!
Radar to detect air targets is not important her and the RFI asks for weaponstations (anti ship missiles, or torpedos), the capability to drop sonar buoys, or have some EW capability instead. Basically like the P8I only smaller, which is the reason why Boeing offers a smaller P8I, that also is less capable in this competition.



Candidates for the shore based AWACS competition are:

- E-2D as mentioned earlier

- G550 Phalcon "Eitam"

- DRDO AWACS

- and with the latest developments in that area, I guess EADS might offer the C295 AWACS as well

Airbus Military C295 AWACS: Will It Take Off?



The only options for carriers are:

- Ka 31

- AW 101

- E-2 for CATOBAR carriers

- maybe an V22 AEW version (the only one that could be used at all IN carriers)

For the MRMR instead, the rumored candidates are:

- P8I light
- Saab 2000 MPA (twin-turboprop)
- Beriev Be 200 MPA
- Dassault Falcon MPA
- EADS C295 MPA (twin-turboprop)
- Embraer 145 MPA (DRDO AWACS platform)