DOD: E-7A Cost Growth Led To Cancellation

Photo by Staff Sgt. John Linzmeier  154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard    Subscribe12 facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonsharethis sharing button A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A

E-7A

Credit: Staff Sgt. John Linzmeier, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard
Continued, extensive cost growth was a main driving factor in canceling the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail for the U.S. Air Force despite previous efforts to lower costs. The Pentagon’s fiscal 2026 budget request would terminate the airborne early warning and control aircraft, shifting some of the spending...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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