Boeing E-7 Wedgetail

Boeing 737 AEW&C; E-7 Wedgetail;
	A Royal Australian Air Force Boeing E-7A Wedgetail
Role	Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C)
Manufacturer	Boeing Defense, Space & Security (modifications); Boeing Commercial Airplanes (original 737 Next Generation design);
First flight	2004
Introduction	November 2012
Status	In service
Primary users	Royal Australian Air Force; Turkish Air Force; Republic of Korea Air Force;
Number built	14
Developed from	Boeing 737 Next Generation

The Boeing E-7 Wedgetail is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation design. It is lighter than the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry, and has a fixed, active electronically scanned array radar antenna instead of a rotating one. It was designed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) under "Project Wedgetail" and designated E-7A Wedgetail.

The 737 AEW&C has also been selected by the Turkish Air Force (under "Project Peace Eagle", Turkish: Barış Kartalı, designated E-7T, the Republic of Korea Air Force ("Project Peace Eye", Korean: "피스 아이"), and the United Kingdom (designated Wedgetail AEW1). In April 2022, the United States Air Force announced that the E-7 will be replacing the E-3 beginning in 2027.

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