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Northrop Grumman announced it flew the first of two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning and surveillance aircraft it is building for Japan at the company’s Aircraft Integration Centre of Excellence in St Augustine, Florida, on November 13. The new aircraft will join Japan’s existing fleet of 13 E-2Cs next year. Photo Northrop Grumman