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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Northrop Grumman's Joint STARS Takes to the Sky With New Engines

E‑8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar SystemNorthrop Grumman's E‑8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System's (Joint STARS) T-3 testbed aircraft successfully completed its "first flight" using new, upgraded Pratt and Whitney production-configured engines.

"After three years of design, production and testing, we are so pleased to have this important capability ready for full integration into the fleet," said Bryan Lima, Northrop Grumman program director for Joint STARS development and modernization. "Our success is directly attributed to our outstanding relationship with our government customer and industry partners in providing the warfighter with this important capability."

The new engines flown on T-3 are an upgrade to the existing commercial engines in that they feature a newly designed pneumatic system. The system, designed by Northrop Grumman, uses a single stage precooling design that vastly improves reliability and the hardware's life cycle.

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