DAYTON, OH -- The two programs designed to keep the B-52 Stratofortress bomber flying for the next few decades are facing serious headwinds, including new prices for the Radar Modernization Program nearing the Nunn-McCurdy Act cost growth thresholds, officials said this week. The estimated cost for RMP jumped from $2.3 billion in 2021 to about $3.3 billion in March, B-52 Deputy Senior Materiel Leader Brian Knight told reporters at Life Cycle Industry Days, toeing the line of acceptable cost growth...
