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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on February 12, 2020, 01:29:56 pm
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Pentagon Seeks $10.3 Billion to Buy the Stealthy B-21 Raider
Posted February 10, 2020
By Roxana Tiron and Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg News)
The Pentagon is planning to spend almost $10.3 billion over four years to buy Northrop Grumman Corp.’s new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, according to budget projections for fiscal 2021 to 2025.
The Air Force would start procurement of the new bomber in 2022 with a projected request of $193 million, according to Air Force budget projections obtained by Bloomberg News. The procurement projections would significantly increase over the following three years: $2.3 billion in fiscal 2023, $3.4 billion in fiscal 2024, and $4.3 billion in fiscal 2025, amounting to a total of $10.28 billion over the planning period.
https://about.bgov.com/news/pentagon-seeks-10-3-billion-to-buy-the-stealthy-b-21-raider/
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So, just curious, but how many B-21s does that buy?
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So, just curious, but how many B-21s does that buy?
I can't tell either... pretty crappy writing
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So, just curious, but how many B-21s does that buy?
The Air Force last year said it planned to buy a minimum of 100 Northrop long-range bombers expected to be operational in “the mid-2020s.â€
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So, just curious, but how many B-21s does that buy?
From another article....
B-21 Bomber Estimate By CAPE: $511M A Copy (https://breakingdefense.com/2016/09/b-21-bomber-estimate-by-cape-511m-a-copy/)https://breakingdefense.com/2016/09/b-21-bomber-estimate-by-cape-511m-a-copy/
So this $10b is a down payment
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From another article....
B-21 Bomber Estimate By CAPE: $511M A Copy (https://breakingdefense.com/2016/09/b-21-bomber-estimate-by-cape-511m-a-copy/)https://breakingdefense.com/2016/09/b-21-bomber-estimate-by-cape-511m-a-copy/
So this $10b is a down payment
Yeah, but consider a new 747 costs upwards of $370 million, and it doesn't have stealth, or a nuclear capability (unless someone in baggage and the TSA really screws up).
Heck, just filling the fuel tanks costs a couple hundred thousand.
Nothing in aviation is cheap.
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Yeah, but consider a new 747 costs upwards of $370 million, and it doesn't have stealth, or a nuclear capability (unless someone in baggage and the TSA really screws up).
Heck, just filling the fuel tanks costs a couple hundred thousand.
Nothing in aviation is cheap.
In my book, if you are willing to strap a 400,000 lb machine on your back and fly into combat, you deserve the best money can buy.
My frustration with our procurement is we drip $$ out till we get to a point of no return then get slammed with a huge bill... And more often than not, a new "czar" will decide to change direction and all that effort is wasted..
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Pentagon Seeks $10.3 Billion to Buy the Stealthy B-21 Raider
Posted February 10, 2020
By Roxana Tiron and Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg News)
The Pentagon is planning to spend almost $10.3 billion over four years to buy Northrop Grumman Corp.’s new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, according to budget projections for fiscal 2021 to 2025.
The Air Force would start procurement of the new bomber in 2022 with a projected request of $193 million, according to Air Force budget projections obtained by Bloomberg News. The procurement projections would significantly increase over the following three years: $2.3 billion in fiscal 2023, $3.4 billion in fiscal 2024, and $4.3 billion in fiscal 2025, amounting to a total of $10.28 billion over the planning period.
https://about.bgov.com/news/pentagon-seeks-10-3-billion-to-buy-the-stealthy-b-21-raider/
Can't wait to see her fly in my backyard. happy77
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I can't help but think the bomber is going the way of the battleship. :dighole:
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I can't help but think the bomber is going the way of the battleship. :dighole:
I do not think so. Not when the bombers can carry cruise missiles.