Egypt contracts 8 US E-2D airborne early warning and control aircraft

[The SC]

The Tactical Report intelligence website reported that reports from Washington indicate that Egypt is negotiating with the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency to sell up to eight E-2D airborne early warning and control aircraft.

The E-2D is the latest version of the aircraft and will replace the Egyptian Air Force's old fleet of early warning aircraft. The deal, including spare parts and training, will cost about $2.8 billion.

The aircraft will be equipped with an active AESA radar with a range of 640 km and capable of detecting tens of hundreds of air, sea and land targets and directing dozens of fighters together. The aircraft can stay in the air for more than 8 hours continuously with the ability to refuel in the air.

The US Congress will be notified of this deal by the end of this year.


https://www.tacticalreport.com/egypt-us-negotiations-for-e-2d-hawkeye-ongoing/

 

[joker88]

Many understandings have been reached on the method of financing deals outside aid, so this is the beginning of the deals that will be followed by a deal to buy 10 Apaches, which will also be approved, and a helicopter deal is being prepared, along with a deal for F16 development in Greece and in large numbers of 100 fighters, we are only waiting for confirmation, but we will not wait long, everything is going Fine
Many understandings have been reached on the method of financing deals outside aid, so this is the beginning of the deals that will be followed by a deal to buy 10 Apaches, which will also be approved, and a helicopter deal is being prepared, along with a deal for F16 development in Greece and in large numbers of 100 fighters, we are only waiting for confirmation, but we will not wait long, everything is going Fine

 

[Philip the Arab]

The key to that capability is the aircraft’s powerful UHF-band hybrid mechanical/electronically-scanned AN/APY-9 radar built by Lockheed Martin. Both friend and foe alike have touted UHF radars as an effective countermeasure to stealth technology.

Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin appear to have overcome the traditional limitations of UHF-band radars in the APY-9 by applying a combination of advanced electronic scanning capability together with enormous digital computing power in the form of space/time adaptive processing.
The Navy would not directly address the issue, but service officials did say the APY-9 provides a massive increase in performance over the E-2C Hawkeye 2000’s radar.

“The E-2D APY-9 radar provides a significantly enhanced airborne early warning and situational awareness capability against all air targets including threat aircraft and cruise missiles,” said Naval Air Systems Command spokesman Rob Koon in an emailed statement to USNI News.

“The modern technology of the APY-9 radar provides a substantial improvement in performance over the E-2C’s APS-145 radar whose heritage dates back to the 1970s.”

The APY-9 has a range of at least 300 nautical miles and seems to be limited only by the performance of the E-2D airframe–which normally operates at 25,000ft.

 

[The SC]

The key to that capability is the aircraft’s powerful UHF-band hybrid mechanical/electronically-scanned AN/APY-9 radar built by Lockheed Martin. Both friend and foe alike have touted UHF radars as an effective countermeasure to stealth technology.

Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin appear to have overcome the traditional limitations of UHF-band radars in the APY-9 by applying a combination of advanced electronic scanning capability together with enormous digital computing power in the form of space/time adaptive processing.
The Navy would not directly address the issue, but service officials did say the APY-9 provides a massive increase in performance over the E-2C Hawkeye 2000’s radar.

“The E-2D APY-9 radar provides a significantly enhanced airborne early warning and situational awareness capability against all air targets including threat aircraft and cruise missiles,” said Naval Air Systems Command spokesman Rob Koon in an emailed statement to USNI News.

“The modern technology of the APY-9 radar provides a substantial improvement in performance over the E-2C’s APS-145 radar whose heritage dates back to the 1970s.”

The APY-9 has a range of at least 300 nautical miles and seems to be limited only by the performance of the E-2D airframe–which normally operates at 25,000ft.

Imagine bro.. even the E-2C’s radar.. could coordinate exercises with Greece from over Cairo to Crete..

 

[Gomig-21]

The Tactical Report intelligence website reported that reports from Washington indicate that Egypt is negotiating with the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency to sell up to eight E-2D airborne early warning and control aircraft.

The E-2D is the latest version of the aircraft and will replace the Egyptian Air Force's old fleet of early warning aircraft. The deal, including spare parts and training, will cost about $2.8 billion.

The aircraft will be equipped with an active AESA radar with a range of 640 km and capable of detecting tens of hundreds of air, sea and land targets and directing dozens of fighters together. The aircraft can stay in the air for more than 8 hours continuously with the ability to refuel in the air.

The US Congress will be notified of this deal by the end of this year.

If they're thinking of ordering 8 of them, then they're certainly retiring the 8 Cs for these much improved AEWCs and I'm guessing it has a lot to do with the additional order of Rafales and how the shift will dominate towards that aircraft to slowly and eventually replace the F-16 as the mainstay in the EAF. We'll have to see how they work in the Russian aircraft since we know there is a large batch of them coming in the next few years.

BTW, the E-2C must have quite the range when these new Ds reach up to 640 and the Cs were operating from Cairo to Crete. I think that's a bit more than 300 miles.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

To invade Turkey or some other muslim nation??

 

[IblinI]

E2D is the carried base aew, what is the logic behind the purchase.

 

[Indos]

If they're thinking of ordering 8 of them, then they're certainly retiring the 8 Cs for these much improved AEWCs and I'm guessing it has a lot to do with the additional order of Rafales and how the shift will dominate towards that aircraft to slowly and eventually replace the F-16 as the mainstay in the EAF. We'll have to see how they work in the Russian aircraft since we know there is a large batch of them coming in the next few years.

BTW, the E-2C must have quite the range when these new Ds reach up to 640 and the Cs were operating from Cairo to Crete. I think that's a bit more than 300 miles.

Look like they prefer propeller based AEW plane, it has less speed but I believe propeller plane will have more flight endurance than jet plane so it will have more time in the air.

Indonesia is likely choosing C 295 AEW as we have industrial connection with both Airbus and the plane itself. First acquisition could be just two planes as we havent operated any AEW plane so far.

 

[Gomig-21]

Look like they prefer propeller based AEW plane, it has less speed but I believe propeller plane will have more flight endurance than jet plane so it will have more time in the air.

Indonesia is likely choosing C 295 AEW as we have industrial connection with both Airbus and the plane itself. First acquisition could be just two planes as we havent operated any AEW plane so far.

Interesting. Yeah this is basically an AESA improvement when you boil it all down. The EAF has been operating the E-2C (8 of them) since 2000 if I'm not mistaken and have been quite happy with them. But now that they're ordering 54 Rafales and talking about possibly 72 to 100 eventually and who knows what other fighters with AESA radars, this is basically that type of improvement since not only are they used to the E-2C, it will make the transition that much easier and only involve the electronic aspect of it. Even France has ordered the same aircraft which only means they are quite compatible with the RBE2 AESA radar.

 

[The SC]

Imagine bro.. even the E-2C’s radar.. could coordinate exercises with Greece from over Cairo to Crete..

If they're thinking of ordering 8 of them, then they're certainly retiring the 8 Cs for these much improved AEWCs and I'm guessing it has a lot to do with the additional order of Rafales and how the shift will dominate towards that aircraft to slowly and eventually replace the F-16 as the mainstay in the EAF. We'll have to see how they work in the Russian aircraft since we know there is a large batch of them coming in the next few years.

BTW, the E-2C must have quite the range when these new Ds reach up to 640 and the Cs were operating from Cairo to Crete. I think that's a bit more than 300 miles.

Retiring?.. Pffffffffffffffffffft.. HaHaHa!

E2D is the carried base aew, what is the logic behind the purchase.

Friend .. I believe you are educated enough to read the new characteristics ..

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/why-...-e-2d-advanced-early-warning-aircraft.719197/

 

[dani191]

well better range then ours i wonder why israel dont incrase the awacs range

 

[War Eagle]

If they get them, it would be a very smart choice. Egypt has multiple fronts it needs to monitor.