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| E-2D Advanced Hawkeye completes first test flight |
| 2016-12-18 |
| Marketing crap cut. Edited for length. Northrop Grumman has successfully completed the first flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye equipped with aerial refueling. Under a 2013 engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD) contract award, Northrop Grumman designed, developed, manufactured, and tested several sub-system upgrades necessary to accommodate an aerial refueling capability. The aerial refueling capability will allow the E-2D to provide longer on-station times at greater ranges, extending its mission time to better support the warfighter. The upgrades installed to support aerial refueling include probe and associated piping, electrical and lighting upgrades, and long endurance seats that will enhance field of view in the cockpit and reduce fatigue over longer missions. The aerial refueling program will modify three aircraft for testing planned through 2018. Production cut-in and retrofit plans are scheduled to begin in 2018. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 haskeyes aint as sexy as the pointy nosed go fasters, so they likely just hummed along under the radar. they even hung an ifr probe on the C-2 once. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-12-18 11:04 |
| #1 Wait a minute. Been around since the late 50s and still useful? Somebody at DOD was asleep... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-12-18 10:30 |