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Work on E-7A Wedgetail for USAF Rapid Prototype to Begin

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

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Work on E-7A Wedgetail for USAF Rapid Prototype to Begin

An E-7A Wedgetail aircraft assigned to Royal Australian Air Force No. 2 Squadron based in Williamtown, Australia, sits on the flightline prior to a Weapons School Integration mission at Nellis AFB, Nev. on June 7, 2024 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Boeing's [BA] defense systems unit said on Wednesday that the first E-7A Wedgetail fuselage for the U.S. Air Force rapid prototype program has arrived at the Boeing 737 line in Renton, Wash. The Boeing Commercial Airplanes business unit builds the 737-based E-7A and U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and the 767-based Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tanker. In August, the Air Force said that it had awarded the company a more than $2.5 billion five-year rapid prototyping contract for…

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