
The Air Force wants to purchase 100 Long Range Strike Bombers (LRSB), service Secretary Deborah James said Wednesday, the high end of the 80-to-100 aircraft range the service has previously stated.LRSB is considered one of the Air Force’s top programs. Service acquisition officials anticipate spending $564 million per bomber in fiscal year 2016 dollars (Defense Daily, Oct. 27).B-2 incumbent Northrop Grumman [NOC] beat out a Lockheed Martin-[LMT]-Boeing [BA] team in October to win the lucrative deal. The contract award is…