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Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp said they will continue their protest against the Air Force's selection of Northrop Grumman Corp to build a new long-range strike bomber, calling that process "irreparably flawed".

The U.S. Air Force award on October 27 of the LRS Bomber to Northrop Grumman commits the U.S taxpayer to a trillion-dollar burden. The award merits comment on two levels: as part of the overall trillion-dollar burden, and, discussed later, the business significance as an individual award. With the award of the LRS Bomber contract at $800 million per plane – or $80 billion for the fleet — the government – and the taxpayer – are further committed to a trillion-dollar burden. Piece by piece, the Department of Defense is contracting for an entirely new Cold War “strategic triad.” In...

The Air Force just announced that the Long Range Strike Bomber contract has been awarded to Northrop Grumman.

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