Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has repeatedly criticized the E-7 Wedgetail AWACS plane, claiming it is “not survivable in the modern battlefield.” Congress feels otherwise.

The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail for the U.S. Air Force receives a $900 million boost to $1.1 billion in the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations conference bill ...

Comments made by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during House and Senate Appropriations Committee hearings have cast severe doubts on the future of the U.S. Air Force’s E-7 Wedgetails. On Jun. 10, ...

Raytheon Technologies‘ (NYSE: RTX) Collins Aerospace business has secured a potential 10-year, $99.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform sustaining engineering work on avionics of the ...

November 5, 2025: The United States retired the last of its E-3 AWACS/Airborne Warning and Control System in 2023. The Air Force initially wanted to replace the four-engine E-3 AWACS with the ...

After selecting the Boeing 737-based E-7 Wedgetail in 2023 to replace the E-3 Sentry, the group of nations leading the procurement of NATO’s next airborne early warning aircraft have now reversed ...