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Old 18th Jul 2020, 19:42
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Originally Posted by RAFEngO74to09
The deal to buy 5 x E-7 Wedgetail for $1.98 Billion (GBP 1.5 Billion at the time - nearer GBP 1.57 Billion now) was signed in March 2019.

Announcement here:
https://www.forces.net/news/technolo...-purchase-e-7s
Imagine a contract like that being cancelled, and the U.K. buys into the NAEWF. A sweetener could be something else Boeing makes, to keep Boeing happy. We can all regurgitate old news items, but contracts have been broken before, and will be again.
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