El poder de las ondas.-

El ojo de la rapaz.-

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is a game changer in how the Navy will conduct battle management command and control. By serving as the "digital quarterback" to sweep ahead of strike, manage the mission, and keep our net-centric carrier battle groups out of harms way, the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the key to advancing the mission, no matter what it may be. The E-2D gives the warfighter expanded battlespace awareness, especially in the area of information operations delivering battle management, theater air and missile defense, and multiple sensor fusion capabilities in an airborne system. With a two-generation leap in radar sensor capability and a robust network enabled capability, the Advanced Hawkeye will deliver critical, actionable data to joint forces and first responders. These advances provide warfighters with the necessary situational awareness to compress the time between initial awareness and active engagement.

In August 2003, Northrop Grumman and Team Hawkeye committed to delivering Delta One, the first system development and demonstration (SD&D) aircraft and on August 3, 2007, it delivered on that promise conducting its successful first flight. Advanced Hawkeye is the cornerstone of the U.S. Navy's theater air and missile defense architecture in the littorals, overland, and open sea. E-2D's initial operational test and evaluation is on-track for 2011.

Some of the many new features of the Advanced Hawkeye are :

•A completely new radar featuring both mechanical and electronic scanning capabilities
•Fully Integrated "All Glass" Tactical Cockpit
•Advanced Identification Friend or Foe System
•New Mission Computer and Tactical Workstations
•Electronic Support Measures Enhancements
•Modernized Communications and Data Link Suite

These and other new developments incorporated into the E-2D ensure :

•True 360-degree radar coverage provides uncompromised all-weather tracking and situational awareness
•Open architecture compliant, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)-based hardware and software enables rapid, cost-wise technology refresh for consistent leading-edge mission tools
•A true FORCEnet enabler - A force multiplier through network enabled capability, Advanced Hawkeye is the gateway to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael G. Mullen's vision for a "1,000-ship navy."
•Multi-mission flexibility ranging from command and control through missile defense to border security.

Posibilidades.-

¿Pequeño y limitado, o flexible, fiable y asequible?

EMBRAER performed the maiden flight on December 6 from its facility at São José dos Campos of the first of three EMB-145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft platforms ordered by the Indian government. Based on the proven Embraer ERJ-145 regional jet, the aircraft features an in-flight refueling system, SATCOM capability, a significant increase in electrical and cooling capacities, and a comprehensive set of aerodynamic and structural changes. These improvements will allow the installation of the advanced electronic systems currently being developed by India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) co-ordinated by the Centre for Airborne Systems (CABS).

Photo By EMBRAER.

The EMB 145 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning & Control) aircraft is a member of Embraer’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) family of aircraft and systems. It is based on the ERJ 145, one of the most successful regional jet platforms in the world, with more than 1,100 units delivered and 1918 million hours flown. Currently, four Embraer Legacy 600 jets are operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the transportation of Indian VIPs and foreign dignitaries and a fifth Embraer Legacy 600 is in service with the Border Security Force (BSF), under India’s Home Ministry of Home Affairs.

Embraer provides a flexible, reliable and affordable aircraft for ISR missions, with a perfect blend of effectiveness and economics. Its primary mission is to detect, track and identify targets in its patrol area and transmit this information to friendly forces, in order to provide them with an accurate and comprehensive operational picture. Therefore, the EMB 145 AEW&C can perform airspace management, fighter positioning and intercept control, signals intelligence, and surveillance of seas, borders, and Exclusive Economic Zones.