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Despite its age, carrier-based radar aircraft remains essential to fleet operations and have even inspired a Chinese clone.

Aviation News – Lockheed Martin, in collaboration with Northrop Grumman, has successfully completed critical flight testing for the Digital Receiver Exciter Recorder (DREXR) upgrade on the U.S. Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. This modernization effort significantly bolsters the Navy's ability to detect and counter sophisticated threats within highly contested maritime environments. The flight tests represent a major milestone in the ongoing evolution of the Carrier Strike Group’s primary airborne early warning platform.

Aviation News – Northrop Grumman has celebrated three decades of partnership with French supplier Potez Aéronautique, underscoring the long-term industrial cooperation behind the E-2 Airborne Command and Control aircraft used by the French Navy. The milestone highlights Potez Aéronautique’s role as empennage supplier for the E-2 family since the early 1990s. Today, the company continues to produce the tail assemblies for the latest E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft manufactured by Northrop Grumman, which will support France’s modernized maritime surveillance and carrier operations.