An artist rendering shows the first image of a new Northrop Grumman Corp long-range bomber B21 in this image released on February 26, 2016. REUTERS/U.S. AIR FORCE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS
Defense News: Allies Will Not Play a Role in B-21 Development, Unlike F-35
WASHINGTON — A top Air Force general Thursday ruled out the possibility that the Pentagon would partner with allied nations to develop the next-generation B-21 bomber.
The F-35 joint strike fighter was designed and tested jointly with multiple partner nations from its inception, according to Lt. Gen. Arnie Bunch, the Air Force’s deputy assistant secretary for acquisition. But although this is a “model” for development programs in the future, the Pentagon will not look at using this approach for the B-21, Bunch stressed Thursday.
“As we develop future systems and aircraft, [a joint approach] will be one that we look at to see if we can do that,” Bunch said at the Norwegian-American Defense Conference. “I do not believe in any way shape or form it will be a thing we look at on the B-21.”
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WNU Editor: I doubt that anyone else would be interested in buying this bomber.
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Sure the U.S need a multi billon dollars bomber to drop multi million dollar bombs to a hundred dollars tent somewhere in the meddle East.
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