US Congress notified of potential $1.7B E-2D Advanced Hawkeye sale to Japan

[F-22Raptor]

Congress was notified of a potential sale of four Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes and supporting equipment to Japan, State Department officials told USNI News on Tuesday.

The four information, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, extra engines and radars are part of a $1.7 billion foreign military sales (FMS) case to add the Advanced Hawkeyes to the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s (JMSDF) fleet of existing E-2C Hawkeyes.

“The proposed sale of E-2D AHE aircraft will improve Japan’s airspace and maritime domain awareness by utilizing an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability. Japan will use the E-2D AHE aircraft to provide AEW&C situational awareness of air and naval activity in the Pacific region and to augment its existing E-2C Hawkeye AEW&C fleet,” David McKeeby with the State Department told USNI News in a Tuesday statement.

Pending Congressional approval, the scope of the sale would include the four aircraft, ten T56-A-427A engines eight Multifunction Information Distribution System Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) and four APY-9 Radars.

Japan currently fields more than a dozen Hawkeyes and the Ministry of Defense announced late last year its intention to purchase the advanced Hawkeyes over the Boeing 737 AEW&C “Wedgetail” currently fielded by Australia, South Korea and Turkey.

In May, Congress received a similar notification for a potential $3 billon sale of 17 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and support equipment to Japan.

The U.S. Navy’s first operational deployment of E-2Ds is currently underway as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and is a key component in the Navy’s Naval Integrated Fire Control Counter Air (NIFC-CA) construct.

Congress Notified of Potential $1.7B E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Sale to Japan - USNI News

 

[Gufi]

@Nihonjin1051

 

[Huan]

That is pretty expensive for just 4 non-combat aircraft. Japan is still importing expensive gear?

 

[Transhumanist]

That is pretty expensive for just 4 non-combat aircraft.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you've no idea about military acquisitions, or the capabilities of the E-2D.

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1.7 billion is probably low-balling the cost estimate. And it includes spare parts, training and other pieces, it's not the cost of the airframes alone.

Japan is still importing expensive gear?

Only China has an equivalent (in development), the JZY-01 - no one yet knows how it measures up. The E-2D offers one-of-a-kind capabilities for its size. There is no alternative.

And why would Japan spend billions and years developing its own when its big-brother will sell the best anyways.

 

[Huan]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you've no idea about military acquisitions, or the capabilities of the E-2D.

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1.7 billion is probably low-balling the cost estimate. And it includes spare parts, training and other pieces, it's not the cost of the airframes alone.

Only China has an equivalent (in development), the JZY-01 - no one yet knows how it measures up. The E-2D offers one-of-a-kind capabilities for its size. There is no alternative.

And why would Japan spend billions and years developing its own when its big-brother will sell the best anyways.

Oh it includes ongoing spare parts and spare engines and training in its price. Sorry, misread.

 

[Carlosa]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you've no idea about military acquisitions, or the capabilities of the E-2D..

That was a bit of a very kind understatement.

 

[C130]

E-2D can negate stealth to a certain degree. you can bet with E-2D in the air all of PRC jets are sure to splash into the Pacific.

 

[Carlosa]

E-2D can negate stealth to a certain degree. you can bet with E-2D in the air all of PRC jets are sure to splash into the Pacific.

I look forward to see that happening very soon in SCS.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

E-2D can negate stealth to a certain degree. you can bet with E-2D in the air all of PRC jets are sure to splash into the Pacific.

We're looking forward to have this hawkeye into our collection if there is any encourter in pacific as long as we're not running out of ammo.

 

[C130]

We're looking forward to have this hawkeye into our collection if there is any encourter in pacific as long as we're not running out of ammo.

E-2D+AA4/B and AIM-120D would wrekt anything PRC has

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

E-2D+AA4/B and AIM-120D would wrekt anything PRC has

With China's multi layer of defense such KJ- AWAC, fighters, S300, S400, we can answer US's challenge on Pacific.

 

[C130]

With China's multi layer of defense such KJ- AWAC, fighters, S300, S400, we can answer US's challenge on Pacific.

nah I don't think so

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

nah I don't think so

Don't expect to have a flawless victory with us as how you guys did with Irak

 

[C130]

Don't expect to have a flawless victory with us as how you guys did with Irak

irak was just a warm up

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

irak was just a warm up

Next pick someone on your own size and be man enough to have direct confrontation instead of using proxy...we can warm you up faster