HASC still waiting for updated E-7 Wedgetail funding request

The House Armed Services Committee has not received a budget amendment to fund the E-7 Wedgetail, though the Defense Department recently reversed course and promised to support the next-generation radar plane. Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told House lawmakers that the Pentagon would amend its $1.5 trillion budget request to include Wedgetail—which had been zeroed out in favor of space-based systems. Last week, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told House lawmakers t