Boeing and Lockheed announced their teaming to compete for the United States Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber program, with Boei...
Boeing and Lockheed announced their teaming to compete for the United States Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber program, with Boeing acting as the prime contractor and Lockheed Martin as the primary teammate.
The stealthy, high-tech, next-generation Long Range Strike-Bomber will replace portions of the aging fleet of B-2 and B-52 strategic bombers.
The long-range strike capability, while eluding detection, is considered to be a key element of the Pentagon’s much-discussed Air-Sea Battle operating concept.
The Air Force plans to build 100 LRS-B aircraft, at a per unit price of about $550 million per plane. The LRS-B will be nuclear-capable and potentially have the technological capability to be unmanned.
To this critical mission, the team brings together nearly two centuries of combined experience designing, developing and testing aircraft for defense customers around the world.
The companies also bring expertise in integrating proven technologies, and their skilled workforces and critical infrastructure and scale, to meet the U.S. Air Force’s cost and schedule requirements.
Separately the companies are developing two of the Air Force's top priorities, the KC-46 tanker and F-35 Lightning II, respectively, and they partnered on the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter.
Each has delivered key Air Force capabilities including the B-1B bomber, F-15E strike fighter, and F-117 and F-16 fighters. The team will be able to produce unique and affordable solutions that could not be achieved without partnering.
