How much should the public really know about the Air Force’s next-generation bomber? That’s the question the Senate Appropriations Committee is asking in a report accompanying the panel’s 2017 $575 billion spending bill for the Defense Department.
The legislation, which the powerful committee approved last week, directs the Pentagon’s Inspector General to review the security strategy for the budget-busting Long Range Strike-Bomber, designated the B-21, and provide an “assessment” back to Capitol Hill about what the general public should be let in.
The Air Force awarded the contract to Northrop Grumman last October for the B-21 program, which could cost $100 billion over its lifetime. But while the Air Force is slated to wrap up its own review of the security surrounding the program this summer, the service and its leaders have been evasive when asked for details about the program. For the full article click here
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