The E-7 was developed by Boeing for the export market. It’s hosted on a 737-700 airframe, and rather than a rotating radome—the iconic, flying-saucer-like feature of the E-3—the Wedgetail uses a large blade-like structure on its back, housing an active electronically scanned array radar. 

Making the Kessel Run

March 23, 2022
How a handful of Airmen brought DevOps to USAF, then used it to save more than 123,000 lives.

Replacing Aging ISR

March 23, 2022 | By Abraham Mahshie
It’s time for military tech to catch up with military needs. The call was for a new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability. 
We find ourselves today on the other side of the deterrence challenge, intimidated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats of possible nuclear war. Putin’s willingness to break norms others take for granted are destabilizing.

Talk to Me

March 23, 2022 | By Abraham Mahshie
F-35 simulators overcome policy and technical roadblocks to finally communicate effectively with allies' systems.

Verbatim

March 23, 2022
A collection of quotes on air power, space power, and national security issues.
The keynote addresses from the Air Force and Space Force chiefs are highlights of AFA’s major conferences, and the 2022 AFA Warfare Symposium was no exception. But this year’s event featured a unique twist: Air Force Chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and Chief of ...

Letters

March 23, 2022
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Spark Tank Catches Fire

March 23, 2022 | By Greg Hadley
The Air Force’s competition for innovative Airmen with big ideas is coming into its own. In the first few years, hundreds of ideas poured in from “intrapreneurs”—a hybrid term describing entrepreneurs from inside the organization.