US President Bill Clinton says that he will urge NATO to purchase Northrop Grumman's Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS),to satisfy the organisation's requirement for an airborne surveillance aircraft. NATO has been given JSTARS proposals covering five, ten or 15 aircraft, alongside likely rival bids from the France, Italy and the UK. The USAF is buying 19 JSTARS aircraft, worth $9 billion.
Source: Flight International