$17-billion E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft program replaces its E-2C predecessor, which has been in service since 1973.
L-3 Communications has won a $600-million contract to provide Australia with the C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlifter.
The announcement that Tokyo plans to purchase 42 F-35 fighters gives the program a boost at the same time it’s been under increased scrutiny in Ottawa.
