(Editors note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Pentagon's Defense Acquisition Board approved the JSTARS Recap to enter the materiel solutions phase of development. The Air Force originally provided incorrect information about which approvals had been achieved.) The Pentagon's senior acquisition panel has approved the Air Force's intent to recapitalize the E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System aircraft with a smaller, militarized business-class jet, moving the new acquisition program into the materiel solutions analysis...
