Air Force considers scrapping JSTARS recap, lawmakers protest

By Rachel Cohen / September 14, 2017 at 4:57 PM
The Air Force could end the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization effort as it prepares to launch an analysis of alternatives exploring how to leverage the platform's capabilities after 2030, a service spokeswoman confirmed to Inside the Air Force this week. Senators from Georgia are trying to intervene by floating an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill that would require the defense secretary to sign off on a new acquisition strategy and prohibits the...

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