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# Netherlands and NATO partners cancel joint E-7 Wedgetail AWACS buy
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-13-nato-partners-cancel-e7-wedgetail-buy/
- Published: 2025-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:00:48.000Z
- Description: The Netherlands and NATO's other European partners cancelled their joint plan to buy six Boeing E-7 Wedgetail early-warning aircraft, after Washington's own June withdrawal left the programme without its financial and strategic basis.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Defense News, 13 November 2025](https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/11/13/european-nato-countries-scrap-plan-to-buy-boeing-e-7-wedgetail-awacs/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish which aircraft, Saab's GlobalEye included, will replace the ageing E-3A Sentry AWACS fleet.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)