Northrop Grumman to upgrade E-8C Joint STARS central computers

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $17.5 million contract for a fifth generation upgrade to the central computers on 16 aircraft in the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet. This effort serves as a low-risk pathfinder for the U.S. Air Force to continue to enhance fleet capability while it develops the follow-on Advanced Battle Management System. Read more

An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft takes to the sky over Al Udeid, Air Base, Qatar, on the morning of Aug. 4, 2017
(Credit: U.S. Air National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)