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B-21 Exempt from LRIP Limitation, DoD Says

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 4th, 2024

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B-21 Exempt from LRIP Limitation, DoD Says

The B-21 Raider continues ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards AFB, Calif. (Courtesy Photo on Air Force Website)

The U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC] is exempt from a Title 10 requirement that a defense secretary seek a waiver for a low-rate initial production (LRIP) buy of more than 10 percent of total production for a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP), DoD said. The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO), created in 2003 to speed fielding, manages the B-21 program. One of the RCO's first projects was to upgrade the…

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