First RAF Wedgetail Receives MESA Radar

Tony Osborne November 07, 2022
Credit: STS Aviation via Royal Air Force/Boeing
LONDON—The first of the UK Royal Air Force’s new Boeing E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft has had its radar fitted in a milestone of the conversion process. Engineers from STS Aviation—the Birmingham, UK-based company charged by Boeing to convert green Boeing 737-700 airframes into...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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