Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $56.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce a mobile target tracking and engagement system for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft.
The work on the Enhanced Land/Maritime Mode mobile target tracking and engagement system for the E-8C Joint STARS aircraft will be done in Northrop’s Melbourne, Fla. facility, a Northrop spokesman said.
The E-8C Joint STARS is an airborne ground-surveillance, targeting and battle-management system used by all branches of the military. It is used to detect, classify, track and target hostile ground movements, the Los Angeles-based contractor said.
All Joint STARS aircraft are assigned to the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing, based at Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Ga.