The Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System program will soon begin testing a new key engine component and install updated pylons on the E-8C aircraft as part of a broader effort to mitigate the 1960s-era jet's many sustainment challenges. JSTARS met none of its annual aircraft availability goals and achieved its desired mission capability rate just once between fiscal year 2011 and FY-19, according to an audit the Government Accountability Office released in November. The report cited the E-8C's TF33...
