2037 Bomber

The 2037 Bomber[1] was the unofficial title of a projected program to develop a heavy strategic bomber for the United States Air Force. Intended to serve as a replacement for the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, the aircraft was projected to enter service by around 2037 as a new generation ultra stealth, supersonic, all weather, long-range intercontinental heavy bomber aircraft with capability for unmanned operation.[2]

2037 Bomber
Project for Stealth bomber
Issued by United States Air Force
Successor programs Next-Generation Bomber
Long Range Strike Bomber

With the ending of B-2 Spirit production in 2000, the U.S. Air Force was left with a gap in its bomber development. A new bomber would be needed in the 2037 time frame to replace retiring B-52s and B-1 Lancers according to the Air Force's Bomber Roadmap, released in 1999.[3][4] This was considered too long to wait, so the Air Force commenced the Next-Generation Bomber program (later the Long Range Strike Bomber program).[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Fox, Will. "2037 Timeline of the Future - 6th Generation Fighter - Technology - 2030s". www.futuretimeline.net.
  2. "Stealth Reborn".
  3. Tirpak, John A. "The Bomber Roadmap". Air Force Magazine, June 1999. Retrieved December 30, 2015 (PDF version)
  4. Grant, Rebecca. "Return of the Bomber, The Future of Long-Range Strike", p. 11, 17, 29. Air Force Association, February 2007.
  5. Hebert, Adam J. "Long-Range Strike in a Hurry", Air Force Magazine, November 2004, Retrieved December 30, 2015, (PDF version)
  6. Murch, Anthony, "RL34406, The Next Generation Bomber: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress", p. 17–20, Congressional Research Service, 7 March 2008, Archived at: Archived June 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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