No $ For New B-52 Engines Til 2020; Nuke Modernization Moves Ahead: Gen. Rand

No $ For New B-52 Engines Til 2020; Nuke Modernization Moves Ahead: Gen. Rand
No $ For New B-52 Engines Til 2020; Nuke Modernization Moves Ahead: Gen. Rand

CORRECTED: Inserted Photo Of Minuteman III; Removed Photo Of Titan WASHINGTON: Gen. Robin Rand, the Air Force bomber and missile boss, really wants new jet engines for his aging B-52s. The service has invited interested companies to a two-day information session in December and Boeing and Rolls-Royce are already publicly campaigning for the contract. But,…

Rapid Capabilities Office Watching B-21 Stealth Costs ‘Closely’

Rapid Capabilities Office Watching B-21 Stealth Costs ‘Closely’
Rapid Capabilities Office Watching B-21 Stealth Costs ‘Closely’

AFA: In what may be a hint of things to come, the head of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office says his office is keeping a close eye on the B-21 bomber’s stealth costs. While he didn’t indicate there were any cost overruns or scheduler problems, the fact that RCO Director Randall Walden mentioned this…

B-21 Bomber Estimate By CAPE: $511M A Copy

CORRECTED: Attribution of Air Force Buying New Advanced Fighter NATIONAL HARBOR: The Air Force’s new bomber, the B-21 Raider, should come in almost $40 million below the official $550 million a copy official estimate, says Randall Walden, director of the Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office. So, $511 million is the new $550 million. After his…

B-21 Costs Must Stay Secret, Insists Air Force RCO Head

The classified costs of the B-21 bomber should remain secret because revealing the figure would be “too insightful for the adversaries to get a sense of what they can do (and) what the U.S. can do in building that next generation bomber,” the official in charge of the program said Tuesday. The bomber’s Engineering and Manufacturing…

Air Force Seeks Quick Fixes To Combat Chinese Electronic Attacks

NATIONAL HARBOR: As the US shifts its focus from low-tech Taliban “cavemen” to an aggressively modernizing China, the Air Force has launched an urgent effort to find near-term countermeasures against a foe that can jam sensors, hack networks, disrupt communications, and shut down GPS. “Mostly we’re looking at the next three to five years,” said…