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U.S. picks Northrop Grumman to build next long-range bomber
Source: Reuters
Politics | Tue Oct 27, 2015 6:15pm EDT
U.S. picks Northrop Grumman to build next long-range bomber
WASHINGTON | BY ANDREA SHALAL
Northrop Grumman Corp, which makes the B-2 bomber, beat out a team made up of Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp to develop and build a next-generation long-range strike bomber, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday.
The announcement ended months of anticipation and marked the biggest contract award by the Pentagon in over a decade, a deal analysts have said could be valued at up to $80 billion if the U.S. Air Force buys all 100 stealth bombers now planned.
Air Force Assistant Secretary Bill LaPlante told a news conference the contract was valued at $21.4 billion in 2010 dollars for engineering and manufacturing development for the first batch of 21 aircraft.
He said the average procurement cost for the bombers was $564 million per aircraft for 100 bombers in 2016 dollars.
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U.S. picks Northrop Grumman to build next long-range bomber
WASHINGTON | BY ANDREA SHALAL
Northrop Grumman Corp, which makes the B-2 bomber, beat out a team made up of Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp to develop and build a next-generation long-range strike bomber, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday.
The announcement ended months of anticipation and marked the biggest contract award by the Pentagon in over a decade, a deal analysts have said could be valued at up to $80 billion if the U.S. Air Force buys all 100 stealth bombers now planned.
Air Force Assistant Secretary Bill LaPlante told a news conference the contract was valued at $21.4 billion in 2010 dollars for engineering and manufacturing development for the first batch of 21 aircraft.
He said the average procurement cost for the bombers was $564 million per aircraft for 100 bombers in 2016 dollars.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/27/us-usa-airforce-bomber-idUSKCN0SL24T20151027
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