US defence secretary casts further doubt on E-7 acquisition plan

USAF E-7A rendering

Source: Boeing

In recent congressional testimony, US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth gave the clearest indication yet that his Pentagon has soured on the battlefield value of Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control platform.

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