• Melchior@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    E-7 is Boeing and based on a Boeing 737. The GlobalEye uses a Swedish radar and a Canadian Bombardier Global 6000 as a base aircraft.

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      wiki says:

      On 26 June 2025, it was reported that the USAF had canceled the E-7 program due to ballooning costs and concerns about survivability. The termination, announced as part of the fiscal 2026 budget rollout, came after months of rumors that the program was in danger as the Trump administration increasingly set its sights on instead using space-based capabilities to help warplanes find and track enemy aircraft, known as the air moving target indicator (AMTI) mission.[7]

      because E-3s are aging out, whatever little of E-2 that remain are to be supplemented by satellites. it’s definitely a take, and it also seems like awacs is important part of air war these days. not sure what they’re cooking