The Weekly Debrief: Why The First Operational B-21 May Cost $1.6 Billion

B-21 rendering
Credit: Northrop Grumman
[ Editor's Note: A day after this article was published, the U.S. Air Force broke its silence on B-21 quantities and revealed that the first lot of production includes more than one aircraft.] Sticker shock is a problem for some weapons programs. A decade ago, the U.S. Air Force attempted to...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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