Northrop Grumman wins $178M contract to continue Joint STARS fleet support

Northrop Grumman has won a $178 million contract to continue sustaining the Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint STARS, aircraft.

This contract continues the company’s Total System Support Reliability program, which began in 2000, Northrop said in a release.

The company will provide logstics, engineering, training, mission support, supply chain and depot maintenance support of the Joint STARS fleet  at Robins Air Force Base, Ga.