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Article: J-STARS
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J-STARS
J-STARS (Joint Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar System) is the name for a type of surveillance aircraft developed jointly by the U.S. Army and Air Force. Adapted from the Boeing 707
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320, the aircraft itself
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on which both Boeing and Grumman worked as contractors
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is designated the E
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8. Its capabilities include sophisticated radar systems that allow it to conduct extensive ground surveillance.
For the better part of two decades, the air force had sought to develop an aircraft with improved radar capabilities, and in 1985 it began these efforts in earnest by joining forces with the army to create such a plane. The result was J-STARS, whose ...