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Friday, March 29, 2013

Upgraded E-2K aircraft have better search capability

E-2T Hawkeye |The completion of a project to upgrade Taiwan's E-2K early warning aircraft fleet means that the country's Air Force now has enhanced search and surveillance capability, Air Force Commanding General Yen Ming said Thursday.

Under the "Hawkeye No. 3" upgrade project, most of the changes were made to the planes' radar and engines to improve their search and surveillance capability, Yen said in a press statement.

The upgrade will also reduce maintenance costs and the number of working hours needed to repair the aircraft, he added.

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