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Question follow-through · 49322

Boeing E-7

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many test flights the first E-7 Wedgetail aircraft has successfully completed.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
7 May 2025
Answer
7 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many test flights the first E-7 Wedgetail aircraft has successfully completed.

  2. 7 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 January 2025 to Question 25383 to the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter).

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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