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Confusion Arises Over the JSTARS Recap Plan

Senior U.S. Air Force leaders said that source selection would proceed on schedule, even as the requirement is re-assessed.

Lockheed Martin’s proposal for a new JSTARS uses the Bombardier Global 6000 as the platform. The bid is led by the company’s Skunk Works facility, which displayed (inset) a full-scale cutaway model of the jet’s interior at the AFA Conference this week. Six of the 10 operator consoles can be seen here, but the U.S. Air Force may scrap the requirement for airborne battle management. (Photos: Chris Pocock)

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

September 21, 2017

Senior U.S. Air Force leaders have suggested that the JSTARS recapitalization (e.g. replacement) may need rethinking, but they have also said that the current source selection process is on schedule and will continue. Speaking to media at the Air Force Association (AFA) Air, Space and Cyber Conference, the Air Combat Command (ACC) commander Gen. Mike Holmes and the acquisition chief Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch said that the air defense threat to larger ISR platforms had increased, and that there might be other ways to acquire ground moving target indicator (GMTI) data, and to do battle management, command and control (BMC2).

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