
The role of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) should expand to include sensor-shooter aircraft functions, according to a former Air Force general.“It’s now possible to incorporate sensors, processing and avionics in a single aircraft at a fraction of what it used to cost us to do the same thing,” retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula said yesterday at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies report release. “What we previously labeled as bombers can now play dramatically broader roles than they…