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Naval AWACS
Juergen Nieveler a présenté l'énoncé suivant :
Was/is there a project to replace the E-2C Hawkeye? Those planes must be getting rather old and worn-out by now... Seems to me that the Hawkeye 2000 was the replacement. Am I wrong ? -- Sergio (pour m'écrire, remplacer @aviation par @gmail) |
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Juergen Nieveler wrote:
Was/is there a project to replace the E-2C Hawkeye? Those planes must be getting rather old and worn-out by now... E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Based on the E-2C Hawkeye 2000 but with totally new electronics. There may be up to 75 E-2D new-builds, which would replace all but the newest E-2Cs. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872 |
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"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message hlink.net... E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Based on the E-2C Hawkeye 2000 but with totally new electronics. There may be up to 75 E-2D new-builds, which would replace all but the newest E-2Cs. This means that Grumman (now Northrop/Grumman) will re-open the assembly line at Calverton, NY ? JD |
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Joe Delphi wrote:
"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message hlink.net... E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Based on the E-2C Hawkeye 2000 but with totally new electronics. There may be up to 75 E-2D new-builds, which would replace all but the newest E-2Cs. This means that Grumman (now Northrop/Grumman) will re-open the assembly line at Calverton, NY ? No. The E-2Ds being built at St. Augustine, FL. http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/34612-1.html -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872 |
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St Augustine or Cecil Field? I don't recall anywhere at St. A where one
would build airplanes. Walt BJ |
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St Augustine or Cecil Field? I don't recall anywhere at St. A where one would build airplanes. Walt BJ Hey, just read the press release I cited, which says the new aircraft was rolled out at the Northrop Grumman facility at St. Augustine. For more confirmation, see this press release: http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/050707/1129965.html?.v=1 " The St. Augustine plant has about 1,300 workers. The plant makes the E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft for the U.S. Navy and major assemblies for the EA-6B Prowler and other military aircraft. " So far as I know there is no aircraft manufacturing activity yet at the former NAS Cecil Field. Embraer is (or was) building an assembly hangar there, but I don't know how the recent news that the Army is dropping the ERJ 145 for the Airborne Common Sensor program is going to impact that. If they adopt the larger EMB 190, probably it goes ahead. If they switch to a different platform, Embraer probably walks away from the hangar. http://www.flightinternational.com/A...5+for+ACS.html OB ram.naval: This news would seem to make it more likely that the Navy will bite the bullet and repackage the ACS sensors into a P-8 (Boeing 737) airframe for the EP-3 replacement requirement. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872 |
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