Air Force, Martin Marietta halt ATARS program. (Martin Marietta Technologies Inc.; Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System) (EC Monitor)

From: Journal of Electronic Defense | Date: August 1, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

The Air Force and prime contractor Martin Marietta Technologies Inc. have agreed to what an Air Force spokesman called a "mutual cessation of all activity" on the Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System (ATARS). Martin Marietta will stop all work on the program and provide all hardware to the government "as is," according to information provided by the Air Force.

A source at Martin Marietta said that "future funding uncertainties" led the two parties to agree to the program's cessation. Air Force sources declined to comment when asked about the causes of this action, but did ...

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