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From: The1Stockman	7/15/2014 4:42:12 PM
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U.S. Air Force moves forward with super-secret next generation bomber that could one day fly without a pilot 15 July 2014 US air force has asked top defense contractors to submit proposals The project has been a classified program since 2011Hopes to procure 80 and 100 of the new bombers costing $550 million eachThe planes will be certified to carry nuclear weapons By Daily Mail Reporter It has asked top defense contractors to submit proposals for its new Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program. Not much is known about the project to develop the bat-winged stealth bombers - it has been run as a classified program since 2011. An artists conception of Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s 2009 bid for the Next Generation Bomber Detailed requirements for the bomber are classified; in a press release reports AIN Online, the Air Force only generally described the platform, which it has designated as a top priority along with the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter and KC-46A tanker. 'The new bomber will be a long-range, air-refuelable, highly survivable aircraft with significant nuclear and conventional stand-off and direct-attack weapons payload,' the service said. dailymail.co.uk

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