ARLINGTON, Va. — Northrop Grumman has successfully delivered the 51st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for the U.S. Navy. The aircraft is the final one of a Multi-Year Procurement-1, the company said Jan. 21.
The E-2D, numbered AA-52 in company production, is equipped with the Delta System/Software Configuration Build 3, which provides an additional leap in operational effectiveness and technology for the E-2D with the incorporation of aerial refueling and a dwell-based tracker, the release said.
MYP-1, awarded in June 2014, called for the production of 25 E-2Ds, later increased to 26.
The E-2D now equips six of the Navy’s nine fleet airborne command and control squadrons and eventually will replace the E-2C in the remaining three squadrons.
Northrop will begin deliveries this year of E-2Ds through MYP-2, which was awarded in April 2019 for 24 E-2Ds.
The Navy’s program of record is for 86 E-2Ds. Japan has ordered 13 E-2Ds, and France has ordered four.
