Monday, November 24, 2008

E-8C Joint STARS Radar to be modernized

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a risk reduction study contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) Radar Modernization program.

The study will be performed under Northrop Grumman's existing Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Radar (MP-RTIP) program.

The $5.8 million study will look at risk reduction efforts involved in adapting the wide-area surveillance version of the MP-RTIP sensor, originally planned for the E-10A aircraft, for Joint STARS.

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