JASDF receives first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft

摘要

Northrop Grumman has announced that it delivered the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) on 29 March. The US company said in a statement that the platform, which was procured under a contract signed in 2015, "provides a significant increase in early warning and surveillance capability to outpace Japan's evolving security needs".