Thursday, September 18, 2014

U.S. aims to pick one team to build new U.S. bomber next year | Reuters

U.S. aims to pick one team to build new U.S. bomber next year | Reuters: (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force plans topick a single U.S. industry team to build a new long-rangebomber next year, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer said onWednesday.

"The intention is to down-select to one," DefenseUndersecretary Frank Kendall told reporters after a speech atthe annual Air Force Association conference.

He said the Air Force expected to make a decision sometimenext year about which company or team would build the new bomber but did not provide any specific timetable.