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E-2C/E-2C+ AIRCRAFT DESCRIPTION Contractor:
Northrop Grumman (Prime), Westinghouse
Type:
Early warning and control aircraft
Power Plant:
E-2C: Two Allison T56-A-425 turboprops; each has approximately 4,600 horsepower
E-2C+: Two Allison T56-A-427 engines; each has approximately 5,100 horsepower; since 1988
Accommodations:
Crew of five—two pilots and three operators.
Performance:
E-2C: maximum speed 350 knots; range 1,300 nautical miles
E-2C+: maximum speed 350 knots; range 1,500 nautical miles
Countermeasures:
Not applicable
Armament:
E-2C: Lockheed Martin Ocean, Radar, and Surveillance Systems [ex General Electric Corporation] AN/APS-138 radar since 1984;
AN/APS-139 since 1988
E-2C+: Lockheed Martin Ocean, Radar, and Surveillance Systems [ex General Electric Corporation] AN/APS-145 radar since 1991
All: AN/ALR-73 Passive Detection System, IFF
Mission and Capabilities:
- High-wing, all-weather, carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft that patrols task force defense perimeters
- Provides early warning of approaching enemy aircraft and vectors interceptors into attack position
- In addition to its primary AEW function, can also provide strike and traffic control, area surveillance, search and rescue guidance, navigational assistance, communications relay, and drug interdiction.
- Group II upgrade to E-2C+ is the biggest advance in AEW technology in two decades.
- AN/APS-145 radar provides fully automatic overland detection and tracking and significantly extends the radar detection limits. The radar capable of detecting targets anywhere within a three-million-cubic-mile surveillance envelope while simultaneously monitoring maritime traffic.
- An Enhanced High-Speed Processor, which expands the active track file by 400% over previous versions, is incorporated into the mission computer. Each E-2C can maintain all-weather patrols, track, automatically and simultaneously, more than 600 targets, and control more than 40 airborne intercepts.
- Enhanced Main Display Units provide operators with improved visual representation.
- Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) incorporates several anti-jam features to allow uninterrupted voice and data communications, thereby enhancing interoperability.
Program Summary:
- In service with Naval Air Forces Atlantic and Naval Air Forces Pacific, as well as the armed forces of Israel, Japan, Egypt, Singapore, and Taiwan
- Will be delivered to France in 1997
- Discussions with several other potential customers are ongoing.
- The Hawkeye entered service in 1961 as the E-2A and was updated in 1969 to the E-2B.
- E-2C was introduced in 1973.
- In 1978, the AN/APS-125 Advanced Radar Processing System was introduced and was succeeded in 1984 by the AN/APS-138 (now referred to as Group 0).
- Retirement has begun; only 53 of these aircraft remain in the inventory.
- In 1988, Group I version was introduced; this featured an upgraded T56-A-427 engine, which eliminated operating restrictions imposed by growth in the aircraft’s gross weight due to incorporation of new systems.
- Radar was updated to the AN/APS-139 with a High-Speed Processor that doubled the track files maintained by the system.
- Eighteen Group I aircraft were built and are being upgraded to Group II configuration.
- The AN/APS-145 radar alleviates saturation, track overload, and overland tracking clutter.
- Group II increases radar and IFF range, radar volume, target track capability, number of targets displayed, and target recognition capability through the use of color displays.
- Group I and Group II aircraft are also referred to as E-2C+.
E-2 TECHNICAL DATA:
External DimensionsWing span | 24.56 m | Wing chord: (at root) | 3.96 m | Wing chord (at tip) | 1.32 m | Wing aspect ratio | 8.94 m | Length overall | 17.54 m | Height overall | 5.58 m | Diameter of rotodome | 7.32 m | Tailplane span | 7.99 m | Wheel track | 5.93 m | Wheel base | 7.06 m | Propeller diameter | 4.11 m |
AreasWings, gross | 65.03 m2 | Ailerons (totals) | 5.76 m2 | Trailing-edge flaps (total) | 11.03 m2 | Fins, include rudders and tabs: | | Outboard (total) | 10.25 m2 | Inboard (total) | 4.76 m2 | Tailplane | 11.62 m2 | Elevators (total) | 3.72 m2 |
Weights and LoadingsWeight empty | 17,859 kg | Maximum fuel (internal, usable) | 5,624 kg | Maximum T-O weight | 5,624 kg | Maximum power loading | 3.18 kg/kW |
Performance (at maximum Takeoff Weight)Maximum level speed | 338 knots | Cruising speed (ferry) | 259 knots | Approach speed | 103 knots | Stalling speed (landing configuration) | 75 knots | Service ceiling | 11,275 m | Minimum T-O run | 564 m | T-O to 15 m | 793 m | Minimum landing run | 439 m | Combat Radius | 1,500 Km | Ferry range | 1,542 nm | Time on station, 175 nautical miles from base | 4 hr. 24 min | Endurance with maximum fuel | 6 hr. 15 min |
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