The Air Force's formal report to congressional defense committees on its new plan for replacing the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System offers more insight on how it views the roles of the MQ-9 Reaper, RQ-4 Block 40 and other assets in a future battle management network. The service pulled funding from the JSTARS recapitalization program in its fiscal year 2019 budget request, but lawmakers are still skeptical of the alternate path forward. Military officials now hope to field...
