The Defense Department's attempt to cancel the E-7A Wedgetail program is all but dead as all four defense committees in Congress have put funding for the effort into their fiscal year 2026 bills. The Senate Appropriations Committee today in its FY-26 defense spending bill approved a $647 million increase for Wedgetail, bringing the total for the program’s research, development, test and evaluation budget to $847 million. “The committee is concerned that this proposed termination introduces further uncertainty and risk into...
