USAF to announce winner of long-range strike bomber contract within two months

[unhappycamper]

http://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newsusaf-to-announce-winner-of-long-range-strike-bomber-contract-within-two-months-4579537

USAF to announce winner of long-range strike bomber contract within two months
18 May 2015

The US Air Force (USAF) is expected to award the multi-billion dollar contract to build a new long-range strike bomber (LRS-B) within the next two months.

The USAF acquisition chief William LaPlante said that the source selection for the new bomber was going well, Reuters reported.

Competitors for the project include Northrop Grumman and a team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

The award of this contract will see the manufacturing of 80 to 100 new LRS-B aircraft for the Air Force at a unit cost of $550m.

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We currently have 20 B-2s; one of them crashed in Manila.



These things cost $2.4 billion a pop AND we are currently upgrading to the avionics to the tune of another $500 million per aircraft.

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If you think these new B-2/B-52 replacements are going to come in at $550 million a pop, you haven't been paying attention.

[underpants]

1. Really, aren't we ALL winners in this situation?

I mean unless of course you are in the target area