Air Force delaying JSTARS EMD award until August, bidders say

By Rachel Cohen / December 8, 2017 at 4:44 PM
The Air Force is delaying its engineering and manufacturing development contract award for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program from March to August 2018 as companies work through evaluation notices, two industry sources told Inside Defense Friday. Service spokeswoman Maj. Emily Grabowski said Dec. 8 the program is still vetting bids but she did not confirm the schedule change. In the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2018 defense spending bill, lawmakers allowed...

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