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Dozens of M1 Abrams tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Stryker armored personnel carriers, and M109 Paladin self-propelled guns have arrived in Washington to participate in the parade marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. The military parade will take place on June 14. More than nine thousand servicemen will come from all over the country to attend the celebrations. About seven thousand of them will take part in the parade itself.

 
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Are we actually just giving up? This is a bit of a disaster.

“The answer is yes. I would. I would file this entire discussion under difficult choices that we have to make. But you know, the E-7, in particular, is sort of late, more expensive and ‘gold plated,’ and so filling the gap, and then shifting to space-based ISR [intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] is a portion of how we think we can do it best, considering all the challenges,” Hegseth responded.

At a separate hearing before the House Appropriations Committee yesterday, Hegsteth had also described the Wedgetail as an example of a capability that is “not survivable in the modern battlefield” and mentioned broad plans “to fund existing platforms that are there more robustly and make sure they’re modernized.”

An annual assessment of high-profile U.S. military procurement programs from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a Congressional watchdog, which was
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, offers additional insight into issues with the USAF’s effort to acquire E-7s. The original plan was to acquire a pair of production representative prototype (or RP) aircraft ahead of production of examples in a finalized configuration, starting this year. The service had then expected to reach initial operational capability with the Wedgetail in 2027.
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