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12 T56-A-427A engines (10 installed, 2
spares); 6 multifunction information dis-
tribution system joint tactical radio system
terminals (5 installed, 1 spare); 5 APY-9
radars (installed); 5 AN/AYK-27 Integrated
Navigation Control and Display Systems
(installed); 12 LN-251 embedded global
positioning systems/inertial navigation
systems with embedded airborne selective
availability anti-spoofing Module or M-Code
Receiver (10 installed, 2 spares); and six
ALQ-217 electronic support measures sys-
tems (5 installed and 1 spare).

Japan will use the E-2D AHE aircraft to
provide AEW&C situational awareness of
air and naval activity in the Pacific region
and to augment its existing E-2C Hawkeye
AEW&C fleet. The new aircraft will improve
Japan’s ability to effectively provide home-
land defence utilizing an AEW&C capability.
Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered
the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the
JAPAN TO GET MORE E-2D ADVANCED JASDF in March 2019.

HAWKEYE AEW&C AIRCRAFT
The Japan Ministry of Defence selected the
The U.S. State Department has approved political stability and economic progress Northrop Grumman E-2D to fulfill an emerg-
a possible Foreign Military Sale of five in the Asia-Pacific region. The aircraft will ing next-generation airborne early warning
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne be operated by the Japan Air Self-Defence requirement in November 2014. Japan
Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) air- Force (JASDF), which current E-2C and has operated the Northrop Grumman E-2C
craft to Japan. The announcement, made E-2D aircraft in its fleet. Hawkeye since 1983 and is the largest E-2
by the U.S. Defence Security Cooperation operator outside the USA. The JASDF has
Agency (DSCA), has indicated a deal Along with five Northrop Grumman a fleet of 13 E-2C aircraft operating since
value of approximately US$1.381 billion. Corporation E-2D Advanced Hawkeye 1983, in addition to a handful of E-2Ds,
Japan is a major U.S. ally and is a force for AEW&C aircraft, Japan has asked for inducted into service since 2019.

L3HARRIS WESCAM FOR ISR, SAR MISSIONS

L3Harris presents its Wescam MX-15 resolution, magnification and stabilisation.
EO/IR imaging system – ideal for As a result, each Wescam MX-Series
medium-altitude covert surveil- turret has outperformed its major
lance, reconnaissance and search competitor in every performance area,
and rescue missions from manned giving the series the longest EO/IR
and unmanned airborne platforms. target identification and designating
Featuring common electronics and ranges,” the company said. L3Harris
cabling, common user interfaces and said it has an airborne portfolio of
multi-sensor, multi-spectral systems
video overlays, and common software that are deployed worldwide, at vary-
and internal components, the family ing ranges, and with overlapping
is known as the Wescam MX-Series. fields-of-view, creating the opportunity
for uninterrupted surveillance of bor-
“Because today’s mission require- ders, forward operating bases, airfields
ments demand identification and and other vital assets. These imaging
designation from longer standoff and targeting systems can be equipped
ranges, Wescam MX-Series products on different types of platforms, including
have been engineered to focus on the fixed-wing, rotor-wing, UAV and aerostat
platforms.
three factors that drive maximum range:

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