The Trump administration took the E-7 Wedgetail program off the chopping block, leaving Congress to find a way to keep the early-warning aircraft program through budget amendments. In this episode of the Congressional Roundup, Breaking Defense Multimedia Director Daniel Woolfolk highlights moves from both the Senate and House to keep the program running.
How Congress is trying to fund the E-7 Wedgetail program
The Wedgetail would replace the aging E3 Sentry for airborne early warning and control.