Boeing E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C)

Rearmament in Europe is focused on strengthening combat and support aircraft capacity and ground-based air defenses.

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The ramp up is taking place at Northrop’s Linthicum, Maryland, facility.

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

The decision to select the E-7 has been made by a consortium of nations including Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania and the U.S.

The Royal Australian Air Force has deployed one of its Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW aircraft to Europe as part of its military assistance to Ukraine.

The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail buy is described as “extremely poor value for money,” with the UK paying £1.89 billion for three, rather than £2.15 billion for five.

Fifteen years after a B-52 standoff jammers idea was shelved, the venerable bomber will audition for a role as a primary airborne electronic attack platform.

Australia, the UK and the U.S. in July signed a cooperation agreement to work together on future upgrades to the E-7A, with a focus on interoperability.

Major UK defense programs are struggling with a lack of key skills and experience to bring them into service on cost and schedule.

MFTS is just one component of the UK’s flying training pipeline.

The UK’s defense procurement process is “broken” and in need of “major, comprehensive reform,” lawmakers say.

The “joint vision statement” stops short of a legal contract but commits the three E-7 buyers to develop new capabilities together.

Boeing currently supports several training programs in the UK.

The Boeing 737-based aircraft will be deployed to Germany for six months starting in October.

The House Armed Services Committee passed its fiscal 2024 defense policy bill on June 21.

Aviation Week editors talk with the Boeing Defense, Space and Security president about his focus on regaining stability for major development programs.

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.

Saab unveiled a modified version of the GlobalEye AEW aircraft, at the South Korean Air Force’s Aerospace Conference 2023 on May 2.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has been tapped to be the next commander of the service’s Air Combat Command.

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.

Boeing has begun building new infrastructure to support the operation of the UK RAF's new fleet of E-7 airborne early warning aircraft in Scotland.

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

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