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Air Force To Again Seek Reprogramming For JSTARS Re-engining

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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force plans to again seek approval to reprogram funding for replacing the engines in troubled target-tracking aircraft that the Pentagon said are "incredibly valuable" in theater. Yet whether the service moves to re-engine more than four of 18 E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft remains to seen. The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $223.6 million contract on March 2 for the first of two of four planned JSTARS re-engining shipsets,…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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