Mary-Louise Hoffman
U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James showed a concept design for the military branch’s future B-21A Long Range Strike Bomber plane during an air warfare symposium held Friday in Orlando, Florida.
“The B-21 has been designed from the beginning based on a set of requirements that allows the use of existing and mature technology,” James said Friday.
She called on airmen to suggest ideas for the official name of the LRS-B aircraft.
The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman an engineering and manufacturing development contract in October to build its next fleet of bombers.
A Boeing–Lockheed Martin team has abandoned plans to bring their LRS-B contract award concerns to federal claims court a week after the Government Accountability Office denied a protest submitted by the two companies.
