With Cancellation of E-10 Air Force Moves to Modernize E-8
November 21, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, development program
Filed under: Contract Awards, Military Aviation, Northrop Grumman Corp., U.S. Air Force, development program
The US Air Force has been using the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft for almost thirty years. Originally the Air Force planned to supplement it with the new, E-10 Multi-Sensor Command and Control Aircraft (MC2A); but that program was canceled last year. The new sensor for that system was the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP RTIP) which also is to go on the Global Hawk long range UAV. As MarketWatch.com reports the Air Force is now moving to insert the MP RTIP sensor onto the E-8 airframe. A contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman to begin that process. Read more
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