Rockwell Collins‘ simulation and training solutions business has secured a $34.2 million contract to deliver a training system for the U.S. Navy‘s E2-D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will perform aircraft-to-simulator concurrency updates; implement aircraft change directives/engineering change proposals; and integrate and test software applications under the E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III […] More

HawkEye 360 and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions have inked a memorandum of understanding to integrate the latter’s carrier monitoring, interference detection and geolocation offerings with the former’s planned space-based radio frequency detection and geolocation services. The alliance will look to augment Kratos’ sensor network technologies with HawkEye 360’s RF detection and geolocation offerings to boost the speed and […] More

Northrop Grumman has conducted the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye  jet fitted with a new aerial refueling system that company designed to extend the aircraft’s mission time capacity. The company said Thursday the updated E-2D airborne early warning aircraft includes new electrical and lighting, endurance seats, probe and associated piping to support aerial refueling capacity as well […] More

The U.S. Navy plans to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman for the full-rate production of lots 7 to 11 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The fixed-price contract to be awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command covers 20 aircraft and contains a “variation in quantity” option that could bring the total number of planes to 40, […] More

Allied Minds subsidiary HawkEye 360 has obtained $11 million in a Razor’s Edge Ventures-led Series A funding round to support the development of a constellation of small satellites and build up the company’s business development and engineering teams. HawkEye 360 also appointed John Serafini, formerly a senior vice president at Allied Minds, as the company’s […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman an $8.4 million contract modification to design, build and test a controlled breakpoint for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aerial refueling program. Northrop will also integrate the E-2D CBP line replaceable assembly onto the Hawkeye’s AR probe forward mast assembly in an effort to mitigate the risk of foreign object […] More

Russ Matijevich and Rob Rainhart have joined small satellite developer HawkEye 360 as vice presidents of the company’s sales and engineering divisions, respectively. Matijevich, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, will be responsible for the company’s business and product development activities, HawkEye 360 said Wednesday. Rainhart will lead the company’s technical team to design and […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded CPI Aerostructures a potential $30 million contract to supply structural kits and related components for integration with the outer wing panels of Northrop-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes. The contract also covers supply chain management, parts source selection and manufacturing engineering support services for Northrop, CPI Aerostructures said Thursday. Northrop will build four […] More

Northrop Grumman is talking with countries in the Persian Gulf, North Africa and Asia on potential purchases of the country’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft despite the United Arab Emirates’ decision to not buy that plane, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes the UAE agreed earlier in the week to purchase $1.27 billion in Saab-built early warning planes. Northrop officials told Reuters Japan […] More

Northrop Grumman has moved a step closer to the build and testing phase for the aerial refueling platform of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye jets after it completed a critical design review exercise with the U.S. Navy. The company said Tuesday the CDR is part of a program to design, manufacture and assess aerial refueling subsystems for integration with […] More

Northrop Grumman has awarded Advanced Integration Technology a contract to produce turnkey systems and tools for the production of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes. AIT said Tuesday it will also help install computerized numerical control machines, tool cribs, ovens, metrology instruments and back shops at Northrop’s aircraft integration plant in St. Augustine, Florida. Northrop is expanding […] More

Northrop Grumman has ordered $86.1 million in outer wing panel kits from CPI Aerostructures for Northrop-built Hawkeye and Greyhound aircraft. Northrop will use the kits to build wings for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and the C-2A Greyhound planes under a contract the company holds with the U.S. Navy, CPI said Monday. Twenty-five E-2D Hawkeyes are due to the Navy by […] More