Air Force bomber award coming today

By Tony Bertuca / October 27, 2015 at 11:17 AM

The Air Force will announce the winner of the Long-Range Strike Bomber contract today at 5:15 p.m., according to a Pentagon statement.

The announcement will result in an award -- valued by some analysts as worth nearly $80 billion -- to either a Boeing-Lockheed Martin team or Northrop Grumman.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, joined by Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, is expected to personally announce the winner.

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