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Supporters Say Price Is Right For U.S. Air Force B-21 Order Boost | Aviation Week Network
By: Steve Trimble for Aviation Week /
Northrop has delivered one B-21 for flight testing and two for ground testing. Three more flight-test aircraft remain in final assembly.
As early cost estimates turn into real prices, a rare phenomenon for a defense acquisition program is becoming clear: The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is becoming less expensive.
In 2023, the U.S. Air Force expected to spend $19.1 billion over the first five annual lots of B-21 procurement. Two years later, the service is budgeting only $13.8 billion, a nearly 28% discount, to buy the same number of Raiders between fiscal 2023 and 2027. The Pentagon’s low-rate procurement budget for the program plunged $5.3 billion since fiscal 2023 Defense officials slowed the B-21 ramp-up, heeding F-35 lessons
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