Grumman C-2 Greyhound

<p>The Grumman C-2 Greyhound is a twin-engine, <a href="/facts/High-wing/2fLoovyH">high-wing</a> <a href="/facts/Cargo_aircraft/5UTxmPsn">cargo aircraft</a> designed to carry supplies, mail, and passengers to and from <a href="/facts/List_of_United_States_Navy_aircraft_carriers/qHPvl1XR">aircraft carriers</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a>. Its primary mission is <a href="/facts/Carrier_onboard_delivery/NSs5HJLy">carrier onboard delivery</a> (COD). The aircraft provides critical logistics support to carrier strike groups. The aircraft is mainly used to transport high-priority cargo such as jet engines and special stores, mail, and passengers between carriers and shore bases.
</p><p>Prototype C-2s first flew in 1964, and production followed the next year. The initial Greyhound aircraft were overhauled in 1973. In 1984, more C-2As were ordered under designation Reprocured C-2A or C-2A(R). In 2010, all C-2A(R) aircraft received updated propellers (from four to eight blades) and navigational updates (<a href="/facts/Glass_cockpit/pmEDaQrF">glass cockpit</a>). The U.S. Navy is to start replacing the remaining 27 C-2As with 38 <a href="/facts/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey/Ytjrq0mB">Bell Boeing CMV-22Bs Osprey</a> tiltrotors in 2020, with full fielding in 2028.
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Grumman C-2 Greyhound open-in-new

Grumman C-2 Greyhound