American carrier-based AWACS aircraft E-2D Advanced Hawkeye will be able to control drones

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American carrier-based AWACS aircraft E-2D Advanced Hawkeye will be able to control drones

American carrier-based early warning aircraft E-2D Advanced Hawkeye will be able to control several drones. According to NPlus1 with reference to Flightglobal, Northrop Grumman will carry out the refinement of the aircraft.

According to the publication, the US Navy will soon order the revision of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to control drones. Northrop Grumman specialists must upgrade the onboard equipment, providing crews with the ability to do this.



The start date of the work is not named. It is planned that at the first stage laboratory tests will be carried out, then, if they are successfully completed, flight tests will be carried out. It is reported that the number of drones that the upgraded E-2D will be able to control will include the unmanned MQ-25A Stingray deck tanker.

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the latest in the E-2 family. It features active phased array radar and more sophisticated data transmission equipment. The aircraft also has an improved version of turboprop engines. The length of the aircraft is 17,6 meters, the wingspan is 24,6 meters. The maximum take-off weight is 26 tons. The maximum speed is 648 km / h, the flight range is about 2,7 thousand km.

By 2023, the US Navy is to receive 50 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier-based aircraft under two contracts.
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    1. -20
      20 March 2021 15: 06
      that is, they no longer hope for satellites)
      1. -1
        20 March 2021 15: 11
        Quote: poquello
        that is, they no longer hope for satellites)

        Peerless commentary - straight to the point ...
      2. +6
        20 March 2021 15: 30
        Quote: poquello
        that is, they no longer hope for satellites)

        Apparently it is not always possible to use them.
        In general, an interesting topic. The range and passability of the radio signal can thus be increased.
        And drones are not only flying in the sky now ...
        1. +15
          20 March 2021 15: 35
          Personally, I consider these aircraft to be unique in their own way. Not only is it "smart", but also compact and capable of taking off from the deck!
          1. -2
            20 March 2021 16: 03
            Quote: Leader of the Redskins
            and is capable of taking off from the deck!

            Yes, you can launch a bald devil from the deck, but planting is much more difficult!
            1. +1
              20 March 2021 16: 11
              This is not true. Man is the weakest link during landing, the automatic landing of fighters has been worked out and is being implemented.
              UAVs have already taken off and landed on an aircraft carrier more than 7 years ago.
              1. 0
                20 March 2021 16: 20
                Quote: OgnennyiKotik
                This is not true. Man is the weakest link during landing, the automatic landing of fighters has been worked out and is being implemented.

                And what has a man to do with it? Personally, I'm talking about the size and Nazariy too.
                1. +6
                  20 March 2021 16: 43
                  Quote: Vladimir_2U
                  Personally, I'm talking about the size and Nazariy too.

                  And take off what problems?
                  E-2 is a small plane. For example, the F-14 was larger, heavier and faster. His landing is really difficult, with Hokai there are no problems at all.
                  The fact that such an electronic equipment was placed on such an airplane is my respect.
                  1. +1
                    20 March 2021 16: 46
                    Quote: OgnennyiKotik
                    with Hockey, no problems at all.

                    I have not written anywhere that there are problems with Hockey, I wrote that planting is much more difficult than launching, do you dispute this?
                    1. 0
                      20 March 2021 21: 29
                      Why is it difficult? Takeoff with the help of a catapult, when landing, they use the GAC and brake cables.
                  2. +9
                    20 March 2021 17: 39
                    What a f-14!
                    Landing the S-130 is a task :)))
                    1. +4
                      20 March 2021 17: 47
                      This really impressed me!
                    2. mvg
                      +2
                      21 March 2021 00: 18
                      Pilot of the highest level 80. I started planting from the very edge ..
                    3. +1
                      21 March 2021 06: 37
                      Quote: Avior
                      Landing the S-130 is the task:
                      Impressive, yeah! But all the same, the plane that was taking off and that was landing was actually empty, even for fuel, plus a propeller-winged orthopedic, but still, she was still a bandura.
          2. mvg
            -4
            20 March 2021 16: 38
            so still compact and capable of taking off from the deck!

            The catapult is driving. It all depends on the carrying capacity of the catapult.
            It's not WWII when Mitchell's B-25s took off from Hornet.
          3. +1
            20 March 2021 17: 20
            Quote: Leader of the Redskins
            Not only is it "smart", but also compact and capable of taking off from the deck!

            Maybe this one will take off ...
            1. +1
              21 March 2021 10: 30
              But such platforms only for the installation of special purpose equipment need at least fifty pieces at a time (PLO, AWACS, patrol of the near sea zone and fishing, communication with the satellite system and the issuance of coordinates, control of drones in a network mode, coordination of operations of different types and types of troops. ..).
              And by the way, 2 hours in the air is about nothing.
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        2. +3
          20 March 2021 22: 20
          The logical development of the aircraft: he sees the target with his locator, and the drone, which is controlled from it, destroys it. I think it's not a problem to put another operator in such an airplane.
          Yes, and our A-50 would not hurt such a modernization.
    2. +1
      20 March 2021 15: 37
      it seems to me that specialized heavy DRLO drones will be much more promising both in height (horizon view) and in flight duration ... and the equipment can be thought out taking into account modern technologies (antenna / mushroom with a fairing is not at all necessary)
      1. 0
        20 March 2021 16: 06
        Quote: silberwolf88
        specialized heavy drones AWACS

        You missed the letters "U" - and controls! But drones will not be able to control someone else for a long time, escort drones do not count.
    3. 0
      20 March 2021 16: 27
      A normal natural process in processors, but the "basulk" will have to be changed, this is a normal update.
    4. +5
      20 March 2021 16: 44
      Excellent AWACS aviation complex. There are not enough of them in the Red Army. Not a prodigy, but a really necessary complex.
    5. -1
      20 March 2021 18: 15
      In 1983, there were rumors that the Soviet crew of the S-200 air defense missile system shot down the Hawkeye AWACS, but whose? Israel or the United States?
      But in 1983, the United States lost 2 aircraft in Lebanon - 1 A-6 and 1 A-7. In addition, 1 more A-6 and 1 French "Super Etandart" were damaged, but were able to board their aircraft carriers.

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