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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Photo: E-2D Successfully Completes First Catapult Launch Tests
In preparation for its Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), Northrop Grumman's first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye test aircraft, known as Delta One, has successfully completed its first land-based catapult launch tests.



Both E-2D System Development and Demonstration (SDD) aircraft, Delta One and Delta Two, are currently undergoing shore-based carrier suitability testing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., conducted by the U.S. Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 20 (VX-20).

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