 Posted: Fri 12:11, 29 Nov 2013 Post subject: Northrop Grumman's E-2D nears full-rate production |
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| Northrop Grumman's E-2D nears full-rate production
PATUXENT RIVER,[url=http://www.pachasvip.com]hollister outlet[/url], Md., Feb. 11 () -- The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, a tactical U.S. Navy airborne early warning aircraft, is "suitable and effective" for fleet deployment.The evaluation, which clears the path for the Defense Acquisition Board to approve full-rate production, came in an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation report from a Navy air test and evaluation squadron at the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command in Maryland."We tested the E-2D in mountainous terrain near Nellis Air Force Base and elsewhere throughout the country and the aircraft performed phenomenally,[url=http://www.pachasvip.com]abercrombie outlet[/url]," said Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Harkins, operational test director of the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron said.Harkins also said testing showed an increase in combat effectiveness due to the E-2D's ability to track small fighter-size targets in difficult environments.Initial operational capability for the E-2D is planned for 2015. The Defense Acquisition Board is expected to issue its approval for full-rate production next January.The aircraft is manufactured by Northrop Grumman. |
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