U.S. Retreat From E-7 Support Program Upends NATO Procurement Plans | Aviation Week Network

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Tony Osborne
November 20, 2025

E-3 Sentry taking off

With its E-7 procurement plans in tatters, NATO is starting the hunt for a new AEW platform to replace its venerable E-3 Sentrys.

Credit: Andrew Hummel/NATO E-3A Component

What appears to have been a combination of the U.S. Air Force’s hesitant interest in the Boeing E-7 airborne early warning aircraft and the Trump administration’s policy of making Europe take more responsibility for its defense has cost Boeing a multibillion-dollar contract and left NATO seeking an…

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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