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==EP-X==
Boeing has started working on an unscheduled replacement aircraft, the EP-X, based on their 737.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/aw041409p1.xml|title=EP-X Program Starts To Take Shape}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On 16 August 2009, The Navy issued an "EP-X [[Analysis of Alternatives]]" that called for "information useful for the execution of the Electronic Patrol-X (EP-X) program which will recapitalize the EP-3E aircraft to provide tactical, theater, and national level Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (ISR&T) support to Carrier Strike Groups and to Theater, Combatant, and National Commanders."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2009/09-September/18-Sep-2009/FBO-01958230.htm|title=MOD – A – EP-X Analysis of Alternatives – 18-Sep-09 – FBO#2855|website=www.fbodaily.com|access-date=2009-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609162427/http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2009/09-September/18-Sep-2009/FBO-01958230.htm|archive-date=2011-06-09|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 23 September 2009, leaked Navy budget documents for FY2011 revealed that the EP-X program would be delayed rather than started in that year.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNMlnU1TAETo Littoral Ships, Other Weapons Cut in New U.S. Navy 5-Year Plan]</ref>

On 1 February 2010, President Obama unveiled his proposed budget for 2010. This budget called for, among other things, canceling the EP-X program.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/white.house.budget/index.html?hpt=T1 | work=CNN | title=Things you should know about budget – CNN.com | access-date=11 May 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522121659/http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/white.house.budget/index.html?hpt=T1 | archive-date=22 May 2010 | url-status=live }}</ref>