B-1 bomber
Top Secret Air Force Bomber Program Moves Forward -- National Defense
It is a program shrouded in secrecy.
Air Force officials over the past few years have been happy to talk publicly about how much they need a new long-range strike bomber, but have given it a “secret” classification and share few other details.
But after a half-decade of discussions about what the aircraft should be in unclassified settings, 2014 has seen some revelations and movement in the program.
A request for proposals was released in July and two competitors are expected to respond, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin team and Northrop Grumman.
Gen. Michael Hostage, commander of the Air Force air combat command, after the RFP was released, reiterated what has been said before.
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My Comment: I do not know where they will get the money to manufacture this new line of bombers .... but the work continues.
