Funding for the Air Force’s new E-7 Wedgetail radar jet was included in the bipartisan agreement on Sunday evening to end the longest-ever government shutdown—despite the fact that the military wants to gut the program.

Tucked into the 31-page continuing resolution agreement that would fund the government through January is a nearly $200 million spending exception for “continued rapid prototyping activities to maintain program schedule and transition to production” of the Air Force’s E-7 program. Similar efforts to fund the early warning and control aircraft were included in versions of the National Defense Authorization Act and Defense Appropriations Act this summer, as well as a stopgap funding bill in September.

“Other programs will be funded through January 30th, while the Se

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