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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Air Force Official Promises More Openness on Long Range Bomber Competition

B-2 SpiritThe Air Force has heretofore been reluctant to share details about the requirements and strategy for acquiring its next-generation long-range strike bomber, but that will soon change, promised the service's second highest ranking civilian.

"I expect, yes, that we will be revealing more details, and we will be more transparent on that program as we move forward and move further into it than we are right now," Eric Fanning, undersecretary of the Air Force, told Washington, D.C.- based reporters.

There has not been any change to the plan to produce the bomber at the stated price tag of $550 million per aircraft, he added.

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