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USAF Awards Boeing More Than $2.5 Billion for E-7A Wedgetail

Frank Wolfe

Friday, August 9th, 2024

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USAF Awards Boeing More Than $2.5 Billion for E-7A Wedgetail

U.S. and Royal Australian Air Force airmen sit at on-board mission consoles inside an E-7A Wedgetail before a Weapons School Integration mission at Nellis AFB, Nev. on June 7 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force on Aug. 9 said that it has awarded Boeing [BA] a more than $2.5 billion rapid prototyping contract for the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft. "Work will be performed in Tukwila, Washington, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 28, 2029," according to a DoD contracts notice. In May, Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter told Congress that service negotiations with Boeing on the Wedgetail had progressed, as Boeing's original proposal "was roughly twice…

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