House Backs $1.55B to Revive E-7 Wedgetail, Keeps Navy Hawkeye
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OMB proposes shifting about $1.55B into Air Force R&D to resurrect two E-7 Wedgetail prototypes and continue engineering and development, reversing a Pentagon cancellation; the House Appropriations Committee backs the realignment but restores funding for the Navy’s E-2D Hawkeye and demands a 2028 acquisition plan briefing for the E-7, signaling a push to use Wedgetail as a near-term E-3 replacement.
Topics:world#air-force-procurement#defense#defense-budget#e-2d-hawkeye#e-7-wedgetail#house-appropriations-committee
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