FAS | Intelligence | Programs | Collect |||| Index | Search | Join FAS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS / JSTARS) The Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions. While flying in friendly airspace, the joint Army-Air Force ...
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USN E-2C HAWKEYE About the E-2C Hawkeye Manufactuer: Grumann Aerospace Corp. Airframe: Based on the C-2 Greyhound, commonly known as the COD (Carrier On-board Delivery). Power plant: Two Allison T-56-A427 turboprop engines. Horsepower: 5, 000 shaft horsepower each engine. Length: 57 feet 6 inches (17.5 meters). Wingspan: 80 feet 7 inches (28 meters). Height: 18 feet 3 inches (5.6 meters). Radar: ...
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Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Aircraft Data Series DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 Kidder Breese SE, WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 E-2C HAWKEYE Wing span: 81 feet Length: 58 feet Height: 18 feet Weight: empty: 37, 678 pounds maximum take-off: 51, 569 pounds Speed: maximum: 374 mph cruise: 311 mph Ceiling: 30, 800 feet Range: 200 ...
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The E-3 Sentry is the most sophisticated airborne command post ever devised. The airframe chosen for the job was the Boeing Model 707, which was equipped with state-of-the art electronics inside and topped with a 30-foot rotating radome. The aircraft are designated AWACS; the acronym stands for Airborne Warning and Control System. The first of two dozen E-3A Sentrys were delivered in 1977, and ...
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The aircraft is the airborne portion of the U.S. Air Force/U.S. Army Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The systems advanced radar, computer and communications technologies combined to create a surveillance, targeting and battle management system. JSTARS is to ground targets what AWACS is to airborne targets. JSTARS has the capability to detect, precisely locate and ...
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