
While the Department of the Air Force is pursuing a fleet of Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetails to replace the service's E-3 AWACS for air moving target indication (AMTI), the department also has discussed AMTI from space since September, 2021. Now, such space-based AMTI is to receive a boost with $2 billion in the DoD reconciliation bill. In addition, the U.S. Air Force may start engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) in fiscal 2027 for upgrades to the Wedgetail, including a replacement of…