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seeing the US frantically try to get the F-47 into service Fat chance. The GC is Boeing. What has Boeing delivered on schedule, and on budget, to WD? Not the new Presidential aircraft. Years behind schedule.
And the E-7, the replacement for the E-3 AWACS we have known for decades?
Air Force cancels E-7 Wedgetail, citing survivability and cost concerns
“The Department is canceling the E-7 Wedgetail program due to significant delays with cost increases from $588 million to $724 million for aircraft and survivability concerns in this contested environment, while investing in alternate solutions, including space-based capabilities and adding additional E-2D aircraft,” the senior military official told reporters in a briefing today.breakingdefense.com - Air force cancels e wedgetail citing survivability and cost concernsIf the USAF tries to push the F-47, they will pay Billions in expediting charges, on top of Billions for "development", and get nothing, because that is how military procurement works these days.
Steve
