Pentagon awards Northrop Grumman $80B bomber contract

The Pentagon announced yesterday it selected Northrop Grumman for a $80 billion contract to build a fleet of the the Long Range Strike Bomber, a new generation of aircraft designed to reach deep into enemy territory.

Northrop beat out competitors Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

The contract calls for 100 of the planes that would enter service in the 2020s. The planes would be capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

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