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Former Air Force General Envisions Expanded Sensor-Shooter Role for LRS-B

Alissa Tabirian

Thursday, September 10th, 2015

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Former Air Force General Envisions Expanded Sensor-Shooter Role for LRS-B

The B-52 Stratofortress. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

The role of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) should expand to include sensor-shooter aircraft functions, according to a former Air Force general.“It’s now possible to incorporate sensors, processing and avionics in a single aircraft at a fraction of what it used to cost us to do the same thing,” retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula said yesterday at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies report release. “What we previously labeled as bombers can now play dramatically broader roles than they…

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