BETHPAGE, N.Y. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems and Aerostructures (ISA) sector delivered two E-2C Hawkeyes to the U.S. Navy last month. This brings to eight the number of E-2C's newly manufactured or modified for the Navy this year.
One of those delivered in October was a new production E-2C Group II, the 183rd produced by the company. The second was a fleet aircraft modified with the new Mission Computer Upgrade and Advanced Control Indicator Set workstations that will be used in the Navy's Operational Evaluation next year.
There are still four Group II Hawkeyes to be delivered as the company transitions to producing the Hawkeye 2000, the next generation of this Airborne Electronic Warfare & Communications system. Hawkeye 2000 will feature a new mission computer, new workstations, Cooperative Engagement Capability and other advances. The first delivery of the next generation Hawkeye is scheduled for late 2001.
All Hawkeyes are produced, tested and delivered from the company's St. Augustine, Fla., facility. Program management and engineering is based in Bethpage, N.Y.
Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems and Aerostructures Sector, headquartered in Dallas, Tex., is a premier aerospace systems integration enterprise.
ISA has the capabilities to design, develop, integrate, produce and support complete systems, as well as airframe subsystems, for airborne surveillance and battle management aircraft, early warning aircraft, airborne electronic warfare aircraft, air combat aircraft, and commercial aerostructures.
