Aircraft · Air
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
Carrier-capable airborne early-warning and battle-management aircraft in the Hawkeye family, supporting Navy command and control.
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Photo: US Navy · Public domain (PD-USGov) · Two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft conducting a test flight in December 2009. Resized and reencoded as WebP; no additional crop.
Carrier-capable airborne early-warning and battle-management aircraft in the Hawkeye family, supporting Navy command and control.
Timeline
No milestones recorded for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye yet. The timeline fills in as unveilings, tests, contracts and deliveries are sourced.
Cost to the Government
Aircraft · Northrop Grumman
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
Carrier-based airborne early warning; acquisition accounts include development, production aircraft, and continuing upgrades.
Average procurement / aircraft
$216.908M
2021-12 SAR / PB2023 · Then-year USD
$17.5695B procurement / 81 production aircraft in acquisition estimate.
Department of Defense ↗Cumulative program deliveries
53
2022-04-18 SAR delivery update · U.S. only
48 production + five development; delivery table differs from the expanded budget quantity and is not active inventory.
Department of Defense ↗Program acquisition quantity
86
PB2023 estimate · U.S. only
81 procurement plus five development aircraft.
Department of Defense ↗Development program total
$8.312B
PB2023 estimate · Then-year USD
Includes modernization and obsolescence work reflected in the SAR.
Department of Defense ↗Operations & sustainment
Annual O&S / aircraft
$8.8M / yr
FY2018 · Constant FY2018 USD
GAO historical cost across the in-service cost population; not all program acquisitions.
GAO ↗Cost over time · 2 observations
Each row retains its original scope and dollar basis. Changing quantities, service life and inflation can change the estimate without changing the price of building one unit.
| Observation | Measure | Amount | Dollar basis | Evidence |
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| FY2018 | Annual O&S / aircraft GAO historical cost across the in-service cost population; not all program acquisitions. | $8.8M / yr | Constant FY2018 USD | GAO ↗ |
| 2021-12 SAR / PB2023 | Average procurement / aircraft $17.5695B procurement / 81 production aircraft in acquisition estimate. | $216.908M | Then-year USD | Department of Defense ↗ |
Contracts & purchasing · 1 records
Award values, ceilings and purchase agreements have different meanings. These records are not added together as total spending.
2019-04-10 · MYP II aircraft procurement
U.S. Navy → Northrop Grumman
$3.352B · 24 units in scope
Initial 24-aircraft fixed-price incentive target described in SAR; subsequent modifications add quantity and scope.
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International buyers
Japan · 13 · Procured · 2021 SAR
Four aircraft in MYP I plus nine in MYP II; procurement count, not confirmed deliveries.
Department of Defense ↗France · 3 · Contracted · 2021-12
Three aircraft procured through the MYP II modification; future deliveries are not counted as current inventory.
Department of Defense ↗
Coverage & open research
- Quantity and cost figures retain their source dates. Historical snapshots are not a census of operational availability on the review date.
Unit costs and contract unit prices for this system, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.