{"id":24361,"date":"2018-03-06T18:23:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T18:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/06\/lawmakers-to-balance-jstars-recap-and-something-new-turner\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:02:41","slug":"lawmakers-to-balance-jstars-recap-and-something-new-turner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/03\/06\/lawmakers-to-balance-jstars-recap-and-something-new-turner\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress to \u2018balance\u2019 JSTARS recap with something new, key lawmaker says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Lawmakers will seek \u201cbalance\u201d between the U.S. Air Force\u2019s multibillion-dollar program to replace its aging E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/02\/22\/heres-what-we-know-about-the-air-forces-alternative-to-the-jstars-recap\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">a yet-undecided alternative<\/a>, a key congressman said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, said the subcommittee\u2019s markup \u201cwill try to find the balance of funding taxis and Uber\u201d \u2014 an analogy to legacy and new technologies that perform similar jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/02\/10\/air-force-to-kill-jstars-recap-program-for-new-battlefield-management-plane\/\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\" style=\"\">The Air Force\u2019s fiscal 2019 budget proposal would cancel the JSTARS recapitalization program<\/a> in favor of a system-of-systems approach that links existing platforms for targeting and command and control. In the meantime, the Air Force would fly the current JSTARS fleet through 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the McAleese and Associates\/Credit Suisse defense conference in Washington, Turner recalled how the Uber analogy was used at an Air Force caucus meeting to argue Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson needs to be able to free up funding for new technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I said: \u2018Taxis are still on the street,\u2019 \u201d Turner said. \u201cWhat that means is either we have to have a smorgasbord of capabilities. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to work towards with the secretary. If there is a capability that is absolutely essential, we are going to make sure it\u2019s preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, Lt. 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