Boeing ha anunciado que la unión con su rival Lockheed Martin para el desarrollo de un nuevo bombardero estratégico ha sido disuelta, y tiene pocas posibilidades de resucitar.
"El acuerdo ha sido suspendido hasta que entendamos hacia dónde van las intenciones del gobierno", declaró el presidente de la división de trabajos "secretos" de Boeing (Boeing's Phantom Works division). El pasado año, el secretario de Defensa, aplazó indefinidamente el programa, para estudiar su conveniencia o no.
El avión, derivaría de las tecnologías del from Boeing X-45 con características hipersónicas, y con capacidad de portas armas y equipos..
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Boeing today announced that the company's partnership with rival Lockheed Martin to develop a next-generation bomber has been suspended, with limited likelihood for revival.
"The teaming agreement now is on hold until we understand where the government is headed" , said president of Boeing's Phantom Works division.
The two defense giants had pooled their resources to develop mission studies and a road map and share technologies that both were developing for a next-generation strike plane. Last year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates put the Next Generation Bomber program on indefinite hold so that the Defense Department could study the need for such an aircraft.
The plane, derived from Boeing's X-45 aircraft that was built for the now-canceled Joint Unmanned Combat Air System program, is being designed to have a combat radius of 1,000 nautical miles and be capable of carrying two 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions or other weapons in its internal weapons bays.
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