The Air Force in 2016 unveiled the name of the future B-21 bomber: the "Raider." (Credit: Marc Selinger/Defense Daily)
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. Air Force revealed Sept. 19 that the service’s new B-21 bomber will be named the “Raider” in honor of Jimmy Doolittle’s Raiders.The Air Force picked “Raider” after holding a service-wide contest and reviewing more than 2,100 unique name submissions. Months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Doolittle's Raiders launched a surprise bombing raid on Japan that helped boost American morale early in World War II.“It was an audacious mission to avenge Pearl Harbor and…
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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. Air Force revealed Sept. 19 that the service’s new B-21 bomber will be named the “Raider” in honor of Jimmy Doolittle’s Raiders.
The Air Force picked “Raider” after holding a service-wide contest and reviewing more than 2,100 unique name submissions. Months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Doolittle’s Raiders launched a surprise bombing raid on Japan that helped boost American morale early in World War II.
The Air Force unveils the name of the future B-21 bomber: the “Raider.” (Credit: Marc Selinger/Defense Daily)
“It was an audacious mission to avenge Pearl Harbor and all the American lives lost,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said. “Our greatest generation, the generation of World War II, secured our freedom for all of us, and we’ve been able to live our lives as a result.”
One of the Raiders, retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, who recently celebrated his 101st birthday, announced the winning name at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
The Air Force tapped Northrop Grumman [NOC] in October to develop the new stealthy, deep-strike bomber, which the service plans to begin fielding in the mid-2020s. But James warned that a long-term continuing resolution, which Congress is considering to fund the federal government into 2017, would prevent the Air Force from devoting more funds to the B-21’s development next year.
Also at the conference, James announced that the service will try to speed up its portion of foreign military sales (FMS) by about 10 percent. Many allies have complained about the slowness of completing such transactions, she said.
The Air Force’s security cooperation officers will receive more training so “that they can help our international and industry partners better define requirements right from the beginning, which should reduce a lot of the back and forth that happens early on in FMS cases,” James said.
In addition, the most complex cases, such as those involving F-15s, will receive more attention from senior leaders. “These are the ones that tend to run into the most problems,” she said. “And when there’s a logjam, we’ll intervene personally. We’ll gauge to see if we can get it unstuck and unstuck promptly.”
R&M Government Services,* Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been awarded a maximum $23,894,784 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for battery compartments. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This…
L3Harris Technologies Inc., Clifton, New Jersey, is being awarded $9,571,947 for a firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 74 radio frequency amplifiers in support of Navy F/A-18E/F/G aircraft. The contract does not include an option provision. All work will be…
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $21,600,000 cost reimbursable undefinitized order (N0001926F1016) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001923G0002). This order provides for instantaneous access to 105% Transient Engine Torque test and…
Amentum Mitie Pacific LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded an $85,236,794 fixed-price-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support services at Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and is expected to be…
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