Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Bombardier are teaming up for the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS).
Lockheed Martin will serve as the lead systems integrator for the program. Raytheon will contribute experience with ground surveillance, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, mission systems integration, and JSTARS communications, according to Lockheed Martin.
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Bombardier will offer its Global business jet, which is “less expensive to operate than modern airliners and is uniquely suited to the JSTARS mission by allowing the on-board radar to see further and deeper into valleys and survey the battlespace for extended periods of time without refueling.”
“The track record we built over the past years with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program for the Air Force using the Bombardier Global platform makes us very well-positioned in this market segment,” said Stephane Villeneuve, vice president for specialized aircraft for Bombardier Commercial Aircraft.
