FAS | Intelligence | Programs | Collect |||| Index | Search | Join FAS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS / JSTARS) The Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) is a long-range, air-to-ground surveillance system designed to locate, classify and track ground targets in all weather conditions. While flying in friendly airspace, the joint Army-Air Force ...

The aircraft is the airborne portion of the U.S. Air Force/U.S. Army Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). The systems advanced radar, computer and communications technologies combined to create a surveillance, targeting and battle management system. JSTARS is to ground targets what AWACS is to airborne targets. JSTARS has the capability to detect, precisely locate and ...