Originally Posted by
kiwi grey
So it's going to take Boeing and the USAF four years to complete the first 'rapid prototype' of an type that's based on an in-production airframe (P-8A) and is currently in service with a 5-eyes partner?
You can bet big money that the USAF isn't getting the same configuration Wedgetail that Australia got. It's part of the USAF DNA - they gold plate
everything, plus the basic electronics of the Wedgetail are almost two decades old - that's ancient in the electronics world - so I suspect serious updating of the electronics suite is going on.