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Air Force Projects Spending $648 Million on Advanced Battle Management System Over Five Years

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Air Force Projects Spending $648 Million on Advanced Battle Management System Over Five Years
Outdated export restrictions on unmanned aerial vehicles like the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper lessen opportunities for more integrated military operations with allies and partners and open the way for China to fill the gap, says a new paper by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Photo: General Atomics

The Air Force has budgeted nearly $648 million in research-and-development funds over the next five fiscal years to develop the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), the proposed replacement for the service’s aging Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) fleet. The service’s fiscal year 2020 budget justification books, released March 18, include nearly $36 million in research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) funds for the effort in FY ’20, followed by over $51 million for FY ‘21, nearly $165 million…

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