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Navy Looks To Upgrade E-2Ds So It Lasts Into 2040s

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Navy Looks To Upgrade E-2Ds So It Lasts Into 2040s
An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)., marking the first time an E-2D had landed aboard the Ford. CVN-78 is conducting aircraft compatibility testing to continued testing the EMALS and AAG launch and recovery systems. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- The Navy is working on plans to sustain the Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft into the 2040s via several upgrades as production is set to sunset within five years. “The U.S. aircraft E-2Ds will stop rolling off the line in FY ‘26, we’re starting to shut down in ’23, the last U.S. E-2Ds will roll off the line in ‘26. French will be right behind it in ’27. So that gives us a little…

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