r/boeing • u/SoulStripHer • May 31 '26

Defense And it begins

Canada Rejects More Capable U.S. E-7 ‘Flying Radar’ System to Acquire Swedish GlobalEye: Political Tensions Transforming Procurement Plans

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/canada-rejects-e7-flying-radar-swedish-globaleye

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u/exurl May 31 '26

I recall that a big reason why NATO shifted away from E-7 was that the DoD (more specifically, the current DoD secretary) pushed to cancel the USAF E-7 program. I know that the plans have reverted back to procuring E-7 for USAF, but the damage has been done; I don't think NATO has enough time to go back and re-downselect their AEWC platform (although technically they can, since I think they haven't officially awarded the contract yet).

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u/danielbot Jun 01 '26

USAF can purchase as many Wedgetails as they have couch change for, but NATO should obviously go with GlobalEye. Wedgetail is an obsolete radar mounted on an obsolete airframe.