Air Force Next-Generation Bomber : Background and Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft industry.

Defense contracts.

Airplanes, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses issues surrounding AF plans to acquire a next-generation bomber (NGB) aircraft by 2018, in light of recent Administration proposal to defer start of NGB program. Outlines plans for NGB program prior to FY2010 budget submission, reviews recent comments on NGB, profiles existing bomber fleet, reviews U.S. bomber force since end of Cold War, and summarizes prior-year legislative activity. Discusses issues for Congress, highlighting whether to fund NGB in FY2010, and whether to enact legislation to amend or add to prior-year legislation on bomber force structure. Discusses legislative activity for FY2010.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Air Force Next-Generation Bomber

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