
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…