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The
E-2C Hawkeye is the Navy's all-weather, carrier-based tactical warning
and control system aircraft.
The
Hawkeye provides all-weather airborne early warning and command and control
functions for the carrier battle group. Additional missions include surface
surveillance coordination, strike and interceptor control, search and
rescue guidance and communications relay. An integral component of the
carrier air wing, the E-2C uses computerized sensors to provide early
warning, threat analyses and control of counteraction against air and
surface targets. It is a high-wing aircraft with stacked antennae elements
contained in a 24-foot rotating dome above the fuselage. The peculiar
airflow over and around the radar dome led to a multiple-surface tail
unit
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General
Characteristics:
Primary Function: Airborne early warning, command
and control
Contractor: Grumann Aerospace Corp.
Unit Cost: $51 million
Propulsion: Two Allison T-56-A427 turboprop engines; (5,000 shaft horsepower
each)
Length: 57 feet 6 inches (17.5 meters)
Wingspan: 80 feet 7 inches (28 meters)
Height: 18 feet 3 inches (5.6 meters)
Weight: Max. gross, take-off: 53,000 lbs (23,850 kg) 40,200 lbs basic
(18,090 kg)
Speed: 300+ knots (345 miles, 552 km. per hour)
Ceiling: 30,000 feet (9,100 meters)
Crew: Five
Armament: None
Operational: January 1964 |
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