
The Air Force is getting “very close” to announcing the winner of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRSB) competition, a key program thought to be as worth around $55 billion.“Those words are chosen with deliberate choice,” Assistant Air Force Secretary for Acquisition William LaPlante told reporters Wednesday at the Pentagon. “I’m not saying months away, I’m not saying soon….the message here is we’re very close.”The announcement is a departure from the “couple of months away” talking point the Air Force…