UK Wedgetail Program Troubled By Configuration Differences

e-7 wedgetail from the uk RAF
Credit: UK Royal Air Force
LONDON—Differences between the Royal Australian Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetail and the variant being acquired by the UK have led to “significant delays” in the program, British defense officials have revealed. Rupert Pearce, the UK’s newly appointed national armaments director, told a hearing of the...
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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