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$400 Million Add for E-7 Wedgetail Recommended by House Appropriators

$400 Million Add for E-7 Wedgetail Recommended by House Appropriators
Royal Australian Air Force Chief Air Marshal Robert Chipman, U.K. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, and then U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr.--now the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff--pose for a photo on July 14 last year after an E-7A Wedgetail Joint Vision trilateral statement signing during the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The fiscal 2024 minibus, enacted in March, contains a $200 million congressional add over the U.S. Air Force request for the Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetail, and House appropriators have advised adding another $400 million in fiscal 2025. That $600 million research and development add over two years would be in line with what Air Force leaders have said is needed to begin building long-lead items in fiscal 2024. Last year, the service said that Congress could push up fielding of…

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