House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye

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House backs $1.55 billion to revive E-7 Wedgetail, spares Navy Hawkeye

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The U.S. House supports a $1.55 billion budget to revive the E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft, redirecting funds from Navy radar-plane accounts and a classified Air Force budget. This move aims to restore the E-7 program while sparing the Navy's Hawkeye aircraft.

The White House budget office wants to raid a Navy radar-plane account and a classified Air Force line to pull the E-7 Wedgetail back from the dead.

Security Politics E-7 Wedgetail U.S. House defense budget Navy Hawkeye Air Force military aircraft

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