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Air Force Officials Seek to ‘Get It Right’ on Long-Range Bomber Procurement

Air Force Officials Seek to 'Get It Right' on Long-Range Bomber Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Air-Force-logoU.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the military service could move the timeline for the expected awarding of the Long Range Strike Bomber contract from August to September, Reuters reported Wednesday.

“The main thing is to do it right,” James told Reuters correspondent Andrea Shalal.

William LaPlante, Air Force acquisition head, has told reporters that he wants to ensure that the branch’s LRS-B procurement decision is justified.

He also said he believes that it is more important that the program “gets underway at the right time,” according to a separate report by Air Force Times’ Brian Everstine.NewAirForceLogo

The military service wants to replace its existing B-52 planes with up to 100 LRS-Bs and expects to spend approximately $500 million per bomber.

Northrop Grumman is competing with the team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin in the LRS-B program.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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