E-2D Completes 1st Catapult Launch Tests
October 20 2009
Northrop Grumman's first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye test aircraft has successfully completed its initial land-based catapult launch tests, reports the manufacturer of the plane.
Two E-2D system development and demonstration (SDD) aircraft are in the midst of shore-based carrier suitability testing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
Carrier suitability testing involves catapult and arrested landing structural tests and evaluation of the interoperability between the aircraft...
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