WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman is to build the next-generation Long Range Strike bomber for the U.S. Air Force, beating out a joint bid by Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
Announcement of the Air Force award -- with an estimated value of as much as $80 billion over the life of the program -- was made late Tuesday at the Pentagon by Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James.