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USAF To Use Rapid Process to Buy Bombers
U.S. Air Force will bypass the regular acquisitions channels when it buys its next bomber, relying instead on the same process used by urgent procurements such as the MC-12 Project Liberty surveillance aircraft, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told reporters April 5.
The effort to buy between 80 and 100 stealthy penetrating bombers by the mid-2020s will use "a more streamlined management process going forward, where we are using the Rapid Capabilities Office to help manage this project," Donley said at a Defense Writers' Group breakfast.
Paul Kaminski, who chairs the Pentagon's Defense Science Board (DSB), applauded the decision. Kaminski noted that last summer's DSB study called for an incremental approach to buying new weapons, instead of attempting to build something that has every capability from the start. Yet some capabilities, like nuclear hardening and upgrade potential must be built in from the beginning, he said.
USAF To Use Rapid Process to Buy Bombers - Defense News
U.S. Air Force will bypass the regular acquisitions channels when it buys its next bomber, relying instead on the same process used by urgent procurements such as the MC-12 Project Liberty surveillance aircraft, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told reporters April 5.
The effort to buy between 80 and 100 stealthy penetrating bombers by the mid-2020s will use "a more streamlined management process going forward, where we are using the Rapid Capabilities Office to help manage this project," Donley said at a Defense Writers' Group breakfast.
Paul Kaminski, who chairs the Pentagon's Defense Science Board (DSB), applauded the decision. Kaminski noted that last summer's DSB study called for an incremental approach to buying new weapons, instead of attempting to build something that has every capability from the start. Yet some capabilities, like nuclear hardening and upgrade potential must be built in from the beginning, he said.
USAF To Use Rapid Process to Buy Bombers - Defense News
