Project Wedgetail
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Project Wedgetail is the Australian Defence Force’s airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) acquisition and development program that led to the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Project Wedgetail canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airborne early warning and control program
ⓘ
military procurement program ⓘ |
| aircraftBaseModel | Boeing 737-700 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftDesignationInRAAF | E-7A Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftEnteredServiceWith | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftRole |
airborne command post
ⓘ
airborne early warning ⓘ battle management platform ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeAcquired | Boeing E-7 Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAircraft |
Boeing 737 AEW&C
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
E-7A Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
Australian Defence Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capabilityCategory |
airborne command and control
ⓘ
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ |
| configurationFeature |
advanced communications suite
ⓘ
electronic support measures ⓘ mission crew consoles ⓘ top-mounted MESA radar fin ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| customer | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
airborne surveillance
ⓘ
command and control ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Asia-Pacific regional security ⓘ |
| mission |
provide command and control for air operations
ⓘ
provide long-range air and maritime surveillance ⓘ support joint and coalition operations ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian Defence Force capability development ⓘ |
| platformConfiguration | Boeing 737 AEW&C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeContractor |
Boeing Defence Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | acquisition of an airborne early warning and control capability ⓘ |
| radarSupplier | Northrop Grumman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radarType |
MESA radar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
active electronically scanned array radar ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Boeing E-7A Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
airborne early warning and control
ⓘ
airspace surveillance ⓘ battle management ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEnvironment | Royal Australian Air Force airborne operations ⓘ |
| sponsor | Australian Department of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| technologyArea |
airborne early warning
ⓘ
network-centric warfare ⓘ |
| usesPlatform | Boeing 737-700 Increased Gross Weight ⓘ |
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