Northrop Grumman partners with AAR and Sumitomo to expand support for E-2C Hawkeye

Northrop Grumman Corp entered into an exclusive, five-year agreement with AAR Corp. of Illinois and Sumitomo Corp. of Japan that is designed to expand industrial support for the E-2C Hawkeye program by establishing a "just-in-time" inventory management process.

"Japan is our largest international Hawkeye operator," explains Bart LaGrone, vice president, E-2/C-2 programs, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "The Japan Air Self Defense Force [JASDF] has achieved an incredible operational stature with its E-2C fleet, approaching 115,000 accident-free flight hours.

The demand for E-2 Hawkeye airborne early warning and control is even greater now than when the systems were first delivered to JASDF in 1984.

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