Kendall: Air Force having 'hard time' negotiating E-7 Wedgetail contract with Boeing

By Shelley K. Mesch / February 13, 2024 at 4:20 PM
DENVER -- Senior Air Force leaders disclosed that negotiations with Boeing to contract for the first E-7A Wedgetail aircraft have been "difficult" due to non-recurring engineering development. An initial contract was signed last year , but negotiations on cost are ongoing for the first two rapid prototype platforms, service Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters today at the Air and Space Forces Association Air Warfare Symposium . “We’re having a hard time with that one getting price agreement with Boeing,” Kendall...

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