Long Range Strike Bomber

They zip and dart across the sky in a three-jet formation, a six-second apparition in a 30-second commercial touting the achievements of defense contractor Northrop Grumman. Unlike modern jets, such as the F-22 Raptor or F-16 Fighting Falcon, they have no tail and are likely to be armed with lasers that are straight out of a science-fiction movie.

Northrop Grumman on Tuesday won the contract to build the Pentagon's Long Range Strike Bomber, a fleet of stealthy planes designed to strike deep into enemy territory that would be one of the Pentagon's most significant weapons programs over the next decade.

The US Air Force is getting ready to announce the winner of a multibillion-dollar contract to build a new generation of long-distance bombers that will replace aging, Cold War machines.

They zip and dart across the sky in a three-jet formation, a six-second apparition in a 30-second commercial touting the achievements of defense contractor Northrop Grumman. Unlike modern jets, such as the F-22 Raptor or F-16 Fighting Falcon, they have no tail and are likely to be armed with lasers that are straight out of a science-fiction movie.

Northrop Grumman on Tuesday won the contract to build the Pentagon's Long Range Strike Bomber, a fleet of stealthy planes designed to strike deep into enemy territory that would be one of the Pentagon's most significant weapons programs over the next decade.

The US Air Force is getting ready to announce the winner of a multibillion-dollar contract to build a new generation of long-distance bombers that will replace aging, Cold War machines.