Project Wedgetail
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Project Wedgetail is the Australian Defence Force’s airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) acquisition and development program that led to the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Project Wedgetail canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6713997 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Project Wedgetail Context triple: [Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, programName, Project Wedgetail]
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Project Seabird
Project Seabird is a major Indian Navy infrastructure initiative focused on developing the Karwar naval base on the Karnataka coast into a key strategic and operational hub.
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Project Matterhorn
Project Matterhorn was the early U.S. fusion energy research program at Princeton that evolved into the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
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Project Phoenix
Project Phoenix was a major SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) observing program that used large radio telescopes to scan nearby, Sun-like stars for possible signals from advanced civilizations.
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D.
Project 1012
Project 1012 is an urban renewal and zoning initiative in Amsterdam’s De Wallen red-light district aimed at reducing crime and transforming the area’s economic and social character.
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E.
Project Juno
Project Juno was a privately funded British spaceflight program that sent chemist Helen Sharman to become the first British person in space aboard the Soviet Mir space station in 1991.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Project Wedgetail Target entity description: Project Wedgetail is the Australian Defence Force’s airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) acquisition and development program that led to the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.
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A.
Project Seabird
Project Seabird is a major Indian Navy infrastructure initiative focused on developing the Karwar naval base on the Karnataka coast into a key strategic and operational hub.
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B.
Project Matterhorn
Project Matterhorn was the early U.S. fusion energy research program at Princeton that evolved into the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
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C.
Project Phoenix
Project Phoenix was a major SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) observing program that used large radio telescopes to scan nearby, Sun-like stars for possible signals from advanced civilizations.
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D.
Project 1012
Project 1012 is an urban renewal and zoning initiative in Amsterdam’s De Wallen red-light district aimed at reducing crime and transforming the area’s economic and social character.
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E.
Project Juno
Project Juno was a privately funded British spaceflight program that sent chemist Helen Sharman to become the first British person in space aboard the Soviet Mir space station in 1991.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airborne early warning and control program
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military procurement program ⓘ |
| aircraftBaseModel | Boeing 737-700 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftDesignationInRAAF | E-7A Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftEnteredServiceWith | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftRole |
airborne command post
ⓘ
airborne early warning ⓘ battle management platform ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeAcquired | Boeing E-7 Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAircraft |
Boeing 737 AEW&C
NERFINISHED
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E-7A Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
Australian Defence Force
NERFINISHED
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Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capabilityCategory |
airborne command and control
ⓘ
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ |
| configurationFeature |
advanced communications suite
ⓘ
electronic support measures ⓘ mission crew consoles ⓘ top-mounted MESA radar fin ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| customer | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
airborne surveillance
ⓘ
command and control ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Asia-Pacific regional security ⓘ |
| mission |
provide command and control for air operations
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provide long-range air and maritime surveillance ⓘ support joint and coalition operations ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian Defence Force capability development ⓘ |
| platformConfiguration | Boeing 737 AEW&C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeContractor |
Boeing Defence Australia
NERFINISHED
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Boeing Integrated Defense Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | acquisition of an airborne early warning and control capability ⓘ |
| radarSupplier | Northrop Grumman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radarType |
MESA radar
NERFINISHED
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active electronically scanned array radar ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Boeing E-7A Wedgetail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
airborne early warning and control
ⓘ
airspace surveillance ⓘ battle management ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceEnvironment | Royal Australian Air Force airborne operations ⓘ |
| sponsor | Australian Department of Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| technologyArea |
airborne early warning
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network-centric warfare ⓘ |
| usesPlatform | Boeing 737-700 Increased Gross Weight ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Project Wedgetail Description of subject: Project Wedgetail is the Australian Defence Force’s airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) acquisition and development program that led to the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.