Air Force Names Partners for New Bomber

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): The U.S. Air Force on Monday identified the main partners alongside lead contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. on the multibillion-dollar B-21 bomber program.

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said the Pratt & Whitney unit of United Technologies Corp. would provide the engines for the proposed long-range bomber. Northrop Grumman recently resumed work on developing the plane after Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. dropped a...

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