That would appear to be good news for both the B-2 and the GPALS programs.
The B-2 is also a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear munitions.
The first reason is time: It took about a decade to develop the B-2.
Boeing received a contract in 2009 to fit the weapon on the U.S.'s B-2 Stealth Bomber.
There is nothing particularly new about the need for or the mission of the B-2.
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An extended discussion occurred on the subject of the technical performance of the B-2.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roundtable Discussion On The B-2 Bomber
The logic of continuing low-rate production of the B-2 thus is both fiscal and operational.
Finally, it is more cost-effective in the long run to keep the B-2 industrial base open.
The Air Force is actually quite happy with the progress of the B-2 program.
Aerodynamically, the B-2 has been thoroughly tested and it is a very sound design.
Forward basing of the B-2 would allow it to drop more bombs because of lower fuel load.
Even after all twenty B-2's are delivered, the inventory of long-range bombers will total barely 200 aircraft.
Among such programs are the B-2 bomber, research and development funding for an anti-satellite system, and the C-17.
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Those data come from the Economic Report of the President to the Congress (Tables B-2 and B-34).
We are writing you to express our concern about the impending termination of the B-2 bomber production line.
He and General James Cartwright, the vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs, favored an airstrike by B-2 Spirit bombers.
The importance of the B-2 is evident when its stealth and long range are put into a strategic-political context.
He shelved the B-2 option and directed McRaven to start rehearsing the raid.
The most spirited debate of the day occurred in the context of assessing the affordability of the B-2 program.
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Can the U.S. Safely Make Deep Reductions in Strategic Forces Without the B-2?
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roundtable Discussion On The B-2 Bomber
This 96 B-1's were procured as an interim bomber until B-2's were available.
So heavy is it that the weapon bays of B-2 stealth bombers have had to be strengthened to carry it.
While having both GPALS and the B-2 is what we require, having neither is decidedly worse than having only the B-2.
Rather, what distinguishes the B-2 is its unsurpassed capability to perform the mission of manned penetrating bombers well into the future.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roundtable Discussion On The B-2 Bomber
What is more, the unit costs of producing a new bomber are sure to be higher than those associated with the B-2.
It had no immediate reaction to the announcement of the B-2 flights.
Unfortunately, the United States cannot confidently expect to retain such a capability much beyond the year 2000 unless it promptly fields the B-2.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roundtable Discussion On The B-2 Bomber
B-2, is on the other hand offered as evidence that this was a pretty good war for air power of the longer-range sort.
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