The Air Force on Tuesday awarded the coveted Long-Range Strike Bomber development and production contract to Northrop Grumman, overlooking a team bid from Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Although the service did provide independent cost estimates for the program, it did not release a total contract value for production or the engineering and manufacturing development phase. Service spokeswoman Ann Stefanek confirmed to Inside the Air Force following the briefing that the service would not immediately release the total contract value...
