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Northrop Grumman to Begin Building MESA Sensor for USAF E-7As

Frank Wolfe

Monday, March 20th, 2023

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Northrop Grumman to Begin Building MESA Sensor for USAF E-7As

An artist's depiction shows a U.S. Air Force E-7A in flight. The Air Force is undertaking a rapid prototyping effort for the E-7A (Courtesy photo on ?Air Force website)

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on March 20 that it will begin producing the company's Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor for the U.S. Air Force E-7A Wedgetail by Boeing [BA]. The Air Force's fiscal 2024 budget includes $681 million for rapid prototyping of two Wedgetails under Middle Tier Acquisition authority. The service said that the cost estimate for the Middle Tier Acqusition effort for the E-7A is $2.7 billlion. The Wedgetail rapid prototyping "consists of completing end items and potential…

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