Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) Recapitalization

Wyvern said:
This seems to be a proposal based off of the Gulfstream G550. I hope it might help.
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On a tangent:
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Archibald said:
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Air Force Asks to Retire 201 Aircraft, Buy 91 in 2022 | Air & Space Forces Magazine

The Air Force has asked to retire 201 legacy aircraft, many of them fighters, and buy 91 new ones in its fiscal 2022 budget request.
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E-8 (JSTARS)(4)($106.5)
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Wait, why are they retiring E-8 JSTARS ?? Are they crazy ? C-130s, A-10s, F-16s and F-15s are plentiful but JSTARS ?? I thought they were as scarce and useful as AWACS, what did I missed ? a successor ?
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TomcatViP said:
They've got their F-35s.
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The Air Force is still trying to salvage ABMS, despite great scepticism in Congress:
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The Air Force’s new ABMS strategy: Buy new capability, now

In buying the first pieces of the Advanced Battle Management System, the Air Force hopes to prove the program's worth.
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Might these throw a spanner in the works?

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The Army Lays Out Plans For Its New Intelligence Gathering Jet

The Army has an ambitious scheme for a new surveillance aircraft to pick out ground targets at extended ranges.
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Unwanted British Sentinel Radar Planes To Be Picked Up By US Army: Report

The Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar aircraft, controversially retired earlier this year, may now be headed to the United States.
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ukdefencejournal.org.uk

Retired British Sentinel aircraft to be sold to U.S.

Britain's retired fleet of Sentinel aircraft is to be sold to the U.S. Army and flown to the United States.
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I can already hear the bickering between the Army and Airforce if this deal goes ahead.
 
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The US Army already has the ARTEMIS so these will basically work alongside that on similar ISR missions if this goes through. It could also be a company owned offering.
 
bring_it_on said:
The US Army already has the ARTEMIS so these will basically work alongside that on similar ISR missions if this goes through. It could also be a company owned offering.
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They just started testing ARES, same sensor package on the Global 6000/6500 airframe. Possibly these are destined to be rebuilt to that standard?

US Army ARES ISR aircraft makes maiden flight

The US Army's Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System (ARES) aircraft made its maiden flight in late August, prime contractor L3Harris announced.
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Some ABMS, JSTARS, AWACS replacement discussion at the end. Some controversial discussion about defense against FOBS as well. Appears the Russians are working on as well. Once again the need to boost phase intercept...IMHO needs to be pre-boost.
 
E-6 retirement gets a bit more irreversible:

The layoffs are a result of the U.S. Air Force’s decision to retire the Joint STARS fleet, he said.

”That was a pretty big chunk of the work we did here,” Krull said.

Joint STARS aircraft are used by the military in surveillance of moving targets on the ground, but the fleet is expected to be retired in the mid 2020′s and will not be replaced, according to Military.com. The military is working to move to new surveillance systems.

The fleet will be in service through 2024, Krull said.
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Northrop Grumman laying off 120 workers in Lake Charles

Officials say the layoffs are a result of the U.S. Air Force’s decision to retire the Joint STARS surveillance fleet.
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