The Grumman E-2 Hawkeye has proven to be a very reliable Early Warning platform for the United States Navy over the past decades. The current versions of the Hawkeye, the E-2C and the E-2C-2000, became operational in 1973, and surpassed one million flight hours already in August 2004. The aircraft has undergone several upgrades to its active and passive sensors, engines and propellers. The current latest E-2C variant, the Hawkeye 2000 with its new mission computer, improved radar displays and Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), combined with the shipboard Aegis weapon system, currently forms the cornerstone of today’s sea-based Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD).

With special courtesy to CDR Jason Fox Airborne Command & Control and Logistics Wing Chief Staff Officer & Vance Vasquez Public Affairs office NAS Point Mugu