X-45. Ron Bookout photo.
New Bomber’s Drone Origins -- War Is Boring
The U.S. Air Force’s new Long-Range Strike Bomber will be less complex and cheaper than the flying branch’s last bomber, the Northrop Grumman B-2. That’s the vow service leaders have been making in Washington, D.C., in recent months as the potentially $55-billion bomber program gets off the ground. (Congress approved the first $300 million in development funds last fall.) “The program will leverage mature technologies” to keep the per-bomber cost to under $550 million, according to Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis, an Air Force spokesman.
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My Comment: The U.S. Air Force’s new Long-Range Strike Bomber must come in at a cost under $550 million .... hmmmm .... I have my doubts.