How many B-21 Bombers Does the Air Force Want?
Once a production line is up and running effectively, there can be cost and maintenance advantages to buying more.
by Kris Osborn
Here's What You Need to Remember: The possibility of increasing the Air Force’s B-21 fleet size not only relates to this well-known reality that the force desperately needs new platforms for the future, but also pertains in an extremely significant way to technological progress and the existing threat environment.
The Air Force is beefing up its budget for its new B-21 stealth bomber as the service moves into production mode and builds the first several aircraft, an initial step toward its goal of acquiring at least 145 B-21s.
The Air Force had for many years indicated that it planned to buy about 100 B-21s. However following ongoing developmental success with the program, the promise of its new technologies, and a fast-deteriorating existing Air Force bomber fleet, service leaders have not only said they could likely “pulse” production to go up higher than 100 but potentially go substantially higher.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/how-many-b-21-bombers-does-air-force-want-197373
