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NATO: Status of JSTARS and Alternatives to Meet the Alliance Ground Surveillance Requirement

NSIAD-98-233R Published: Aug 13, 1998. Publicly Released: Aug 13, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) decision to reject the U.S. proposal to utilize the Joint Surveillance Target Radar System (JSTARS) to fulfill NATO's alliance ground surveillance requirement, focusing on: (1) identifying alternative proposals for meeting this requirement; and (2) providing an analysis of the cost-sharing arrangement for the development and/or purchase of such a system.

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Cost controlCost sharing (finance)Economic analysisElectronic surveillanceInternational organizationsNATO military agreementsRadar equipmentTarget surveillanceSurveillance systemsNational security