Accession Number:
ADA478268
Title:
The Next Generation Bomber: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress
Descriptive Note:
Congressional rept.
Corporate Author:
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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Report Date:
2008-03-07
Pagination or Media Count:
34.0
Abstract:
The Air Force is in the initial stages of formalizing a new bomber aircraft acquisition program. This program, in accordance with Department of Defense DOD and congressional mandates, is to produce a new long-range strike aircraft to be operational by 2018. Air Force plans for acquiring a new bomber aircraft have been accelerated by about 20 years from earlier projections because of a combination of the Air Force s desire to retire a portion of its B-52 fleet and DOD s perception of a developing bomber capability gap. Defense analysts have estimated that it will cost between 8 billion and 10 billion to develop a new bomber using current or soon-to-mature technologies.
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Subject Categories:
- Bombers
- Government and Political Science