By The Air Force’s fiscal year 2018 budget request contains billions of dollars to ramp up development work on several major new aviation and missile programs, including the B-21 bomber and the Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO).The B-21 Raider, which will replace aging bombers, would receive $2 billion in FY 2018, up from $1.3 billion in 2017, according to Air Force documents released May 23.“It’s just a natural progression of the program,” Carolyn Gleeson, budget deputy in the Air Force financial management and…
Air Force Budget Boosts B-21 Bomber, Long Range Standoff Weapon
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