House Backs $1.55B to Revive E-7 Wedgetail, Keeps Navy Hawkeye
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.