Lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committees may force the Trump administration to continue the E-7A Wedgetail program, even as the Defense Department sought to cut the effort in favor of similar space-based capabilities. The “ chairman’s mark ” of the authorization bill would add $600 million in research, development, test and evaluation dollars to the $199.7 million requested for Wedgetail in the administration’s FY-26 budget. The document does not provide an explanation for the change beyond stating “continuation of...
