Aircraft
U.S. Air Force Requests Proposals for JStars Replacement
The service expects to award a contract for the JStars Recapitalization program engineering and manufacturing development phase in FY2018.
An E-8C JStars aircraft lands at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar following a mission in September. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
An E-8C JStars aircraft lands at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar following a mission in September. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

The U.S. Air Force on December 28 released a request for proposals (RFP) for the development phase of its program to replace the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JStars) hosted on the Boeing E-8C aircraft. The service expects to award a contract for the JStars Recapitalization program in Fiscal Year 2018, which begins next October.