Boeing's Phantom Ray drone sits on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base. Defense analysts think the Pentagon might order a fleet of new bombers that resemble it. (Tony Landis, Boeing)Pentagon Moves on New Long-Range Bomber -- Global Security Newswire
The U.S. Defense Department has discreetly been discussing with major military contractors plans to develop a new generation of long-range nuclear bomber aircraft, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday (see GSN, Nov. 5, 2010).
The Pentagon would like to see the new fleet of nuclear-capable bombers in place no later than the middle of the next decade. The sought-after fleet would number between 80 to 100 aircraft that could be flown remotely or by a human pilot.
Currently, the youngest long-range bombers in the U.S. nuclear arsenal are more than 10 years old.
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