UK MOD criticised over E-7A Wedgetail procurement in damning new report

The UK's decision to cut its order for Boeing E-7A Wedgetail AEW1 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft from five examples to three has been described as an "absolute folly" in a damning new report by an influential group of MPs. They said that the move to reduce the initial order of five aircraft to three, which the report says was ordered by ministers to cut costs, leaves the RAF with a serious capability gap and is a “false