When the E-7A Wedgetail AEW (airborne early warning and control) 1 aircraft arrives later this year, it will become the fifth finger in a fist that could launch a big punch - alongside the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning, BAE Systems Typhoon FGR4, Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint and Boeing P-8A Poseidon. Integrating the five together is now a main priority and much of that focus over the past few years has been on the F-35B Lightning and Typhoon. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, that tempo of effort looks to have increased not just within the UK military, but also the USAF and other allied nations both in NATO and Asia.
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