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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Northrop Grumman Outlines E-2D Progress Ahead of Early Warning Event

E-2D Advanced Hawkeye |Programme leaders from the US Navy and Northrop Grumman Corporation have detailed the progress on the E-2D Hawkeye in an exclusive interview ahead of the company's involvement in Defence IQ's 12th Annual Airborne Early Warning event taking place in Paris from January 22 - 24. Listen to the full interview at http://www.airborneearlywarning.com.

Bart LaGrone, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems vice president for the Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Command and Control (AEW/BMC2) programmes, and the new USN programme manager for the E-2D, Captain John "Chet" Lemmon, confirmed that initial test and evaluation of the aircraft had been completed and that the current contract is for provision of 20 E-2Ds to the Navy, with other foreign sales under consideration.

"Northrop Grumman has been the lead sponsor for this AEW conference since its inception more than a decade ago," said Lagrone.

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