E-7 Wedgetail AEW&CS In Detail | in English

E-7 Wedgetail AEW&CS In Detail.

The E-7 Wedgetail is an airborne early warning and control aircraft, based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation design. It is lighter than the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry and has a fixed active electronically scanned array radar antenna, instead of a rotating one. The Wedgetail first flew in 2004, and the initial operation began in 2009. It was designed for the Royal Australian Air Force, under Project Wedgetail and designated as E-7A Wedgetail. The AWACS has also been selected by the Turkish Air Force under Project Peace Eagle, designated as E-7T, the Republic of Korea Air Force under Project Peace Eye, and the United Kingdom designated as Wedgetail AEW1. In April 2022, the United States Air Force announced that the E-7 Wedgetail will begin replacing the E-3 Sentry in 2027. The United States Air Force has 31 operational E-3 sentry as of now. A total of 68 E-3 sentry were built.

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00:00 Intro
00:35 AWACS
02:22 Platform
03:08 Operators

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#E7Wedgetail #AWACS #DefenceStudy

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[robman]

It is named after a type of Australian eagle called the Wedgetail

[_Breakdown]

The E7 Wedge tail - -
0:12 - - lighter than the 707 Boeing E3 Sentry;
0:16 - - has a fixed active electronically-scanned array radar antenna (instead of a rotating one);
0:22 - - 1st flew 2004, operation began 2009
0:36 - - uses Northrop Grumman multi-roll electronically-scanned array radar;
0:42 - - radar located on dorsal fin, on top of the fuselage (dubbed “the top hat”)

[Smokeyr]

The E-7 will be greatly enhanced when the MQ-28 joins them.

[craigbeatty]

Sadly aviation uses the Imperial system so most of this report is useless. I’ve still not seen a kiloneuton,