Modified Hawkeye takes first flight
U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye 849, equipped with a new glass cockpit and navigation upgrades, completed its first test flight as part of the Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management system evaluation Aug. 13.
The two-hour and 20 minute flight over the air station was conducted by CNS/ATM project lead and test pilot Pete Staufenberger, Bryan Pellatt and Lt. Cmdrs. James Borghardt and Mark Asahara of Air Test & Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 at Pax. River.
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