Air Force shoots down UAV option for JSTARS recapitalization platform

By Leigh Giangreco / February 12, 2016 at 4:18 PM
(UPDATED Feb. 16, 12:30 p.m.) (Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect clarification from the Air Force that the JSTARS recapitalization will not include an addendum, as previously stated by a budget deputy in the service's financial management office.) Air Force officials settled the debate over the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization effort's chosen platform on Friday, affirming the service would seek a business jet over an unmanned aerial vehicle. The Air...

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