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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Northrop Grumman Makes the Case for a 2018 Next-Generation Bomber

Within a decade, U.S. military forces will be forced to operate from air fields thousands of miles from enemy territory, with a shrinking inventory of fighter aircraft, against adversaries equipped with increasingly sophisticated air defense systems.

A research paper published today by Northrop Grumman Corporation's Analysis Center suggests a way for the nation to ensure its ability to project military power worldwide amid these deteriorating geopolitical conditions: develop a next generation long-range strike system (NGLRS) by 2018.

The paper, "The 2018 Bomber: The Case for Accelerating the Next Generation Long Range Strike System," was presented today by Michael Isherwood, one of its authors and a senior analyst with the Northrop Grumman Analysis Center, at a media briefing at the National Press Club.

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