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The Maritime Services, the Allies and Shaping the Kill Web

Although identified as a replacement for the “venerable E-2C aircraft” it is more than that.

It is a key element off reshaping how the Navy is working the digital battlespace and evolving its integration
with other key assets will expand the reach and capability of the fleet to deal with evolving threats.

Figure 15 Japan (Feb. 2, 2017) Five E2-D Advanced Hawkeye aircrafts, assigned to the Tigertails of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125,
taxi the runway after arriving onboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. VAW-125 will relieve VAW-115 as the airborne early warning squadron for
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 in support of the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st
Class Gabriel S. Weber/Released)
To do so will require pushing the training envelope as the new systems are integrated into a developing and
evolving digital battlespace.

As a software upgradeable aircraft, the systems will interact with and evolve with other new assets such as
the P-8 and Triton (external to the Carrier Air Wing) and with the F-35C (which will be organic to the CAG.)

We had a chance to discuss the way ahead for the training for the Advanced Hawkeye and its evolving roles
as well for the fleet with three members of NAWDC’s N6 department, better known as the Carrier Airborne
Early Warning Weapons School (CAEWWS).
According to the Navy:

The Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School (CAEWWS) is the E-2 weapon school and responsible for
Airborne Tactical Command and Control advanced individual training via the Hawkeye Weapons and Tactics
Instructors (HEWTIs) class.

CAEWWS is also responsible for development of community Tactics, Technique and Procedures and provides
inputs to the acquisition process in the form of requirements and priorities for research and development (R&D),
procurement, and training systems.

CAEWWS works closely to support other warfare development centers and Weapons Schools; such as the
Surface and Mine Warfare Development Center’s Integrated Air Defense Course (IADC) and Integrated Air and
Missile Defense WTI Integration Course (IWIC).

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