Boeing, Lockheed Martin Team For US Air Force Bomber Program

(RTTNews) - The Boeing Company (BA) and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) announced plans teaming to compete for the United States Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber program, with Boeing acting as the prime contractor and Lockheed Martin as the primary teammate.

The team brings together nearly two centuries of combined experience designing, developing and testing aircraft for defense customers around the world.

The companies also bring expertise in integrating proven technologies, and their skilled workforces and critical infrastructure and scale, to meet the U.S. Air Force's cost and schedule requirements.

Separately the companies are developing two of the Air Force's top priorities, the KC-46 tanker and F-35 Lightning II, respectively, and they partnered on the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter. Each has delivered key Air Force capabilities including the B-1B bomber, F-15E strike fighter, and F-117 and F-16 fighters.