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Pentagon Reconciliation Funding Has $4.5 Billion For B-21, As Northrop Grumman And Air Force Agree To Acceleration

Pentagon Reconciliation Funding Has $4.5 Billion For B-21, As Northrop Grumman And Air Force Agree To Acceleration
Pictured is a Northrop Grumman photo of a B-21 Raider stealth bomber.

AURORA, Colo.--The Pentagon's $150.5 billion in fiscal 2026 reconciliation funding has $4.5 billion to accelerate production of the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC], and the Air Force and the company have agreed on such acceleration, Northrop Grumman said Monday evening after the kick-off of the Air & Space Forces Association annual warfare symposium here. The Air Force's plans have called for 100 B-21s, yet that number may increase to 145 or more, due to…

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