USAF, RAAF Eye Radar Upgrades, Improved Comms For E-7s

Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in July 2023.

Credit: Brian Everstine/Aviation Week
DAYTON, Ohio—The U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force are looking at potential upgrades to their Boeing E-7A Wedgetail fleets, even though production of prototypes for the planned U.S. fleet is yet to begin. In starting the E-7A program, the Air Force's Air Combat Command aimed to bring...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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