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US Air Force awards Boeing first contract for fleet of 26 E-7 aircraft
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to start work on the first
E-7A battle management and command-and-control aircraft, with plans to field a fleet of 26 in total, the service said Tuesday…
I wonder how much gold plating and other changes from a basically good and successful platform the USAF is demanded for the E-7A.
If it's minimal, then it should be a good, successful program.
Otherwise, it's apt to turn into another multi-billion dollar cluster
.