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NATO countries drop E-7 Wedgetail plans
The Netherlands and other NATO partners have decided against procuring six Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft as replacements for the AWACS fleet.
The autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) can also be used for mine detection and anti-submarine warfare (ASW), the companies say. Many NATO nations are heavily investing in ASW and the alliance held drills focused on countering submarines in the Baltic Sea this month.
AFSC aims to develop a multidomain network of distributed and airborne sensors across the alliance to replace the E-3 in 2035. E-7 was due to be part of that system. “Some countries will want to buy Swedish,” he suggested, a reference to the Saab GlobalEye that some NATO countries have selected or are looking at.