Boeing E-3 Sentry

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It increasingly seems that the only replacement for the Boeing E-3 Sentry is another Boeing aircraft.

Poland is to invest in airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft from Sweden, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has revealed.

Boeing says it is moving as fast as possible on the service’s E-7, amid Pentagon and congressional pressure.

The completion of the studies was announced by NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency on May 12.

The U.S. Air Force has pressed to accelerate its E-7A Wedgetail program to replace the aging E-3 AWACS and has received increased funding to do so.

Faulty parts installed during maintenance have grounded multiple military fleets, raising supply chain concerns.

The Air Force is planning to buy 10 Wedgetails over the next five years to recapitalize its air-moving target indicator mission.

The U.S. Air Force recently deployed F-22s to a tiny, bare base in the Pacific for the first in a significant demonstration of its new agile operating concept.

NATO has received information on Boeing’s E-7, Northrop Grumman’s E-2 Hawkeye and Saab’s GlobalEye as it considers an interim AEW platform.

The U.S. Air Force is kicking off spending on Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail, awarding Boeing a contract of up to $1.2 billion for the rapid prototyping program.

Belarusian separatists claim to have destroyed a Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning aircraft.

Boeing, Saab and Northrop Grumman have responded to a NATO request for information for airborne early warning aircraft.