AASC Built Radome is Part of Successful Critical Design Review
11/17/2005
It was announced on Thursday, November 17th , that Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy completed a successful critical design review of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.
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AASC, who is responsible for the fabrication of the radome structure, is very proud to be part of the success and looks forward to supplying many more structures for this aircraft. The first test E-2D is expected to fly in fourth quarter 2007 after which the Navy plans to purchase 75 aircraft.
AASC is responsible for the concurrent design and manufacturing development of the E-2D radome after a successful production run of the E-2C radomes. Each radome is 24 feet in diameter and consists of three sections fabricated from fiberglass and graphite epoxy sandwich materials. The radomes are laid-up, cured, machined, assembled, inspected and proof load tested at AASC's facilities prior to shipment to L3 Communications for antenna installation .