Defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp. won an additional $99 million for three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft ordered by France, the Defense Department announced this week. The award is a modification of a previous contract for procuring long-lead items and associated services in support of the production and delivery of three E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft for the government of France.
The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
NG says the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is a game changer in how the Navy will conduct battle management command and control. The aircraft gives the warfighter expanded battlespace awareness, especially in the area of information operations delivering battle management, theater air and missile defense, and multiple sensor fusion capabilities in an airborne system....MORE
