E-2D Advanced Hawkeye System Development and Demonstration Program has successfully completed its 125th test flight, flying out of the Northrop Grumman East Coast Manufacturing and Flight Test Center in St. Augustine, Fla. Conducted by a U.S. Navy test squadron, OA is an assessment of the
potential effectiveness of the E-2D in a mission environment.

Successful completion of OA is one of the critical steps the program must go through prior to a U.S. Navy decision on low-rate initial production.

The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is dubbed the next generation of airborne early warning systems while representing a two-generational leap in radar technology. Capable of providing the U.S. Navy with enhanced airborne command and control and expanded surveillance, the Advanced Hawkeye brings
expanded battlespace awareness to the warfighter by concentrating battle management, theater air missile defense and multiple sensor fusion capabilities in one aircraft.