A B-2 stealth bomber is parked at a Northrop Grumman facility in the Antelope Valley. Northrop could build parts of the company’s proposed Long-Range Strike Bomber in Palmdale. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
L.A. Times: New stealth bomber contract likely to be boon for Antelope Valley
The Pentagon is poised to spend billions to build a new stealth bomber, a top secret project that could bring hundreds of jobs to the wind-swept desert communities in Los Angeles County's northern reaches.
Two teams of defense contractors are now battling to win what would be one of the most expensive contracts in Pentagon history. As the lobbying intensifies, the coming decision to pick a winner as soon as this spring has set off a debate over whether the new warplane is crucial to national security or a colossal budget-busting waste.
WNU Editor: Is this very expensive plane with limited use really necessary? I would rather spend money on a replacement A-10 which will probably be used more regularly than this next generation bomber that will probably never be used. But .... this smells more like politics and spending money on projects that deliver jobs rather than serving national security needs.
