UK BUYS E-7 TO REPLACE SENTRY AWACS

An artist’s impression of an RAF E-7. The aircraft will be based on a standard Boeing 737 NG airliner modified to carry a Northrop Grumman active electronically scanned array radar that can cover four million square kilometers over a 10-hour period. UK MoD THE UK MINISTRY of Defence has announced the signature of a $1.98-billion deal to purchase five E-7 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to replace the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) feet of E-3D Sentry AEW1s. The