Boeing: first flight of the E-7 Wedgetail for the RAF

(CercleFinance.com) - Boeing has completed the first flight of the UK's E-7 Wedgetail for the Royal Air Force (RAF), from Birmingham airport, marking an important milestone in the program's test and evaluation phase.


This is one of three 737 NG aircraft on UK soil being modified by a highly skilled team of over 100 people. It will leave for a paint facility later this autumn, to receive its RAF livery.

The combat-proven E-7 detects and identifies opposing targets at long range, and simultaneously tracks multiple air and sea threats with 360-degree coverage via the MESA (Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array) sensor.

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