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Air Force Budget Boosts B-21 Bomber, Long Range Standoff Weapon

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Air Force Budget Boosts B-21 Bomber, Long Range Standoff Weapon
Artist's rendering of the Air Force's Long Range Strike Bomber, designated B-21. Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for the program, doesn't mention the B-21 in its earnings releases because it is classified. The company said classified manned aircraft contributed to higher sales in 2019 and will do so again in 2020. Image: Air Force.

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 the previous year, 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…

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