Air Force authorizes top-secret communications system for JSTARS fleet

By Sara Sirota / January 21, 2020 at 12:46 PM
The air control wing that flies the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System fleet will now be able to use a top-secret communications network to exchange intelligence information at higher classification levels. The Air Force authorized the use and installation of the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System capability onto the JSTARS aircraft on Jan. 7, Col. David Menke, senior material leader for the command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance division in the service's digital directorate, told Inside Defense...

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