The Air Force this week floated its $6.9 billion request for proposals for the E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System recapitalization effort's engineering and manufacturing development phase, calling for an open competition to win a hybrid cost-plus and fixed-price contract after months of debating the preferred acquisition strategy with Congress. The Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act blocked JSTARS program funding unless the Air Force pursued a firm, fixed-price EMD contract strategy for the recapitalization effort, but...
