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LOUIS \u2014 <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">During a Wednesday visit to Boeing&#8217;s St. Louis facilities, <\/span>Defense Secretary Ash Carter was very clear that he would not <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">be<\/span> talk<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">ing<\/span> about the Air Force&#8217;s new bomber during a visit Wednesday to Boeing&#8217;s St. Louis facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Widely expected to be awarded in the coming weeks, the long range strike-bomber (LRS-B) program is hotly contested between Northrop Grumman and the team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin. This late in the game, no one \u2014 on either the Boeing or Carter teams \u2014 wanted to risk any image of impropriety, let alone create a situation which could lead to a protest down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the presence of the bomber looms large in St. Louis, where many view it as crucial to the future of Boeing&#8217;s local facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Both t <\/span>The company&#8217;s F-15 and F\/A-18 fighter lines are slated to end by 2020<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">,<\/span> and it&#8217;s C-17 line officially shuttered production last year, leaving open the question of whether the <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">company <\/span>aerospace firm will look to close down the location if replacement production is not found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That uncertainty was clearly on the minds of workers. 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