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Northrop Grumman Announces Final JSTARS Recap Team

Friday, June 12th, 2015

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Northrop Grumman Announces Final JSTARS Recap Team

An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft. Photo: Air Force.

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has locked down its industry team that will compete to replace the Air Force’s fleet of E8-C wide area ground surveillance and battle management aircraft.Northrop Grumman said June 12 that it selected business-jet manufacturer Gulfstream as airframer, along with General Dynamics [GD] and L-3 Communications [LLL] as partners in the competition to replace the 17-aircraft Joint Surveillance, Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS). Gulfstream is a GD subsidiary.Lockheed Martin [LMT] and teammate Raytheon [RTN] announced a JSTARS bid in…

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