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The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American
all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft.
This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s
and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft Company for the United States Navy as a
replacement for the earlier, radial piston-engined E-1 Tracer, which was
rapidly becoming obsolete.
The aircraft's performance has been upgraded with
the E-2B, and E-2C versions, where most of the changes were made to the radar
and radio communications due to advances in electronic integrated circuits and
other electronics. The fourth version of the Hawkeye is the E-2D, which
first flew in 2007. The E-2 was the first aircraft designed specifically for
its role, as opposed to a modification of an existing airframe, such as the Boeing
E-3 Sentry. Variants of the Hawkeye have been in continuous production since
1960, giving it the longest production run of any carrier-based aircraft.
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