Boeing hopes Britain will decide this year on plans to buy E-7 Wedgetail early w...
AVALON, Australia - Boeing hopes Britain will decide this year on plans to buy E-7 Wedgetail early warning jets, an executive said, after talks last year sparked a row over competition in arms procurement.
It did not give a timeline for the roughly $1 billion deal, but defense trade media reported that it wants the first jet in service by 2022. Britain’s decision to skip a formal tender, on the grounds that this was the least risky option, angered European rivals Airbus and Saab which had proposed a joint offering. It led to an unusual public rebuke from UK parliamentarians who had pushed for a competition.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence did not respond to a request for comment. An RAAF spokesman declined to comment.
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