UAS funded while LRS-B budget trimmed again in defence spending revision

LRS-B budget trimmed again in defence spending revision

In an upward adjustment, $80 million has been added for more MQ-9s, built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. Importantly, the adjustments leave intact several “unfunded priorities” that were authorised. Those include:

• $979 million 12 Boeing F/A-18E/Fs and 
• $846 million six Lockheed Martin F-35Bs. 
• $65 million is added to buy one more Northrop Grumman MQ-4C and
• $468 million to keep the Fairchild Republic A-10.

Previously/Related:

• spendergast: Air Force Blames $25B Jump LRSB Bomber Costs on 'Human Error'- should be only $9B
• spendergast: Defense budget projection analysis shows basics to be cut to fund F-35, LRS-B, and new SSBN 
• Pentagon May Kill Destroyer USS LBJ | Boeing Double F-15 Missile Carrying Capacity| LRS-B Serve Multiple Purposes 
• spendergast: USAF SAB says MQ-9, RQ-4 can be upgraded to survive in contested airspace