In broad strategic terms, the E-7 cancellation signals a pivot towards a more decentralized and resilient command and control ...

Comments made by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during House and Senate Appropriations Committee hearings have cast severe ...

Air Force officials say the E-7 must replace its aging E-3 AWACS planes and would be needed even when space-based ISR ...

The Air Force wants to retire 15 of its 31 decades-old AWACS in 2023, years before the ... of interest around that aircraft, and that gives us some opportunity to work with our partners to get ...

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One of the outstanding military innovations of the Cold War years was the E-3 Sentry radar plane, which could monitor airborne and maritime traffic over great distances from a modified Boeing BA ...

The Air Force decided last year to buy the E-7 to replace the aging E-3 Sentry, an airborne warning and control system aircraft. The AWACS dates back to the 1970s, and the Air Force plans to ...

That gave us a type of aircraft that can detect enemies in the air and direct entire aerial battles. Since the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force has used the E-3 for this purpose. Called the AWACS ...

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a US$1.2-billion ... aircraft to replace America's Cold War fleet of 31 E-3 Sentry AWACS early warning aircraft. Based on the Boeing 707, the E-3 Sentry entered ...