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Air Force Gets Green Light To Restart Bomber Development

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Friday, January 7th, 2011

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By Marina Malenic Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that he is authorizing the Air Force to re-launch a next-generation bomber aircraft development effort in the president's FY '12 budget request. A new optionally piloted, nuclear-capable bomber is a "high priority for future investment given the anti-access challenges the department faces," Gates told reporters during a Pentagon briefing. He announced the new start while unveiling a set of budget proposals designed to redirect funding from "overhead and unneeded programs" to…

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