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Northrop Grumman Gets $3.6 Billion From Navy For 25 E-2D Hawkeyes

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Monday, June 30th, 2014

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Northrop Grumman Gets $3.6 Billion From Navy For 25 E-2D Hawkeyes

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. Photo: U.S. Navy

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $3.6-billion contract modification on Monday for the multi-year production of 25 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The work covers production for the command and control and early warning aircraft through 2021. Last year the Navy went into full-rate production for five of the Advanced Hawkeyes. "The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the Navy's primary airborne early warning and battle management command and control platform," Capt. John S. Lemmon, program manager for the airplanes, said in…

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