Boeing Eyes 737-700 Solution for New JSTARS | Defense News | defensenews.com: Boeing is officially planning a variant of its 737-700 commercial jetliner as a competitor for the Air Force’s next-generation Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) replacement.
“Based on the known US Air Force requirements at this point, we believe the 737-700 provides the size, weight, power and cooling to meet today’s and tomorrow’s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System missions,” Caroline Hutcheson, Boeing spokeswoman, wrote in an email.
The current JSTARS surveillance fleet, 18 planes strong, is based on a modified Boeing 707-300 airframe. The systems are equipped with long-range radars the Air Force says can locate, track and classify ground vehicles at a distance of up to 124 miles.
