
The
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an
American all-weather,
aircraft carrier-based tactical
Airborne Early Warning (AEW)
aircraft. The twin
turboprop aircraft was designed and developed in the 1950s by
Grumman for the
United States Navy as a replacement for the
E-1 Tracer. The United States Navy aircraft has been progressively updated with the latest variant, the
E-2D, first flying in 2007. Small numbers are also operated by other countries, the largest foreign operator being Japan.
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