Cost of Stealth Bombers Soars to $450 Million Each

The Washington Post | May 15, 1988| | Copyright

The cost of the Air Force's new Stealth bomber has climbed to an estimated $450 million per plane, a 20 percent increase over past estimates, making it the most expensive bomber ever built, according to U.S. officials familiar with the latest cost figures submitted to Congress.

At the same time, the highly expensive Stealth fighter, which already is flying, has been kept in production longer than planned under a secret deal engineered by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), these officials added.

The Stealth bomber is designed with a curvy shape and an absorbent skin, ...

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