LRS-B dubbed B-21

The Air Force has designated the new Long-Range Strike Bomber the B-21, service Secretary Deborah Lee James said Friday.

James revealed the designation as well as a photo of prime contractor Northrop Grumman's winning design for the new bomber during her presentation at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, FL. The service awarded Northrop a contract for the B-21 last October, but the airframe has been without a designation.

James said the service will crowd-source the task of naming the new bomber.

James said the B-21 will be crucial to the Defense Department's Third Offset strategy and the service's emphasis on global precision attack.

"Our fifth-generation global precision attack platform will give our country a networked sensor-shooter capability, enabling us to hold targets at risk in a way the world and our adversaries have never, ever seen," James said.

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