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Monday, June 26, 2006

Wedgetail project faces delay

A Boeing 737-700 IGW aircraft with the Northrop Grumman Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar

The RAAF's new Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft face delays in the latest problem to beset Australian Defence Force's high-tech procurement projects.

The first two of six aircraft were initially scheduled for delivery in November, in what has been regularly billed as an exemplary defence project.

But that was then pushed out to early next year, and it now appears to be substantially further away.

A defence spokeswoman said only that a potential schedule slip in the delivery of the Wedgetail had been identified.

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