{"id":67312,"date":"2024-04-09T21:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T21:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/09\/us-air-force-reports-lower-b-21-costs-after-negotiations-with-northrop\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:07:35","slug":"us-air-force-reports-lower-b-21-costs-after-negotiations-with-northrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2024\/04\/09\/us-air-force-reports-lower-b-21-costs-after-negotiations-with-northrop\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force reports lower B-21 costs after negotiations with Northrop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is seeing the unit cost of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/01\/25\/rising-b-21-production-costs-lead-to-16b-charge-for-northrop\/\" target=\"_blank\">B-21 Raider, its next stealth bomber<\/a>, come down after negotiations with manufacturer Northrop Grumman, the service\u2019s secretary said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank Kendall told the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense the cost decline shows the negotiations are \u201cgoing in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He declined to discuss upcoming milestones for the B-21 in the hearing on the department\u2019s proposed fiscal 2025 budget, citing the secretive program\u2019s high levels of classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the first B-21 was unveiled to the public in December 2022, the Air Force said it was staying under its inflation-adjusted average procurement unit cost of $692 million. An Air Force spokesperson on Tuesday declined to say what the bomber\u2019s unit costs are now, citing its classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokesperson said the Air Force\u2019s procurement budget for the B-21 in fiscal 2025 was adjusted to take into account the favorable negotiations on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/01\/23\/pentagon-oks-b-21-for-low-rate-production-after-successful-tests\/\" target=\"_blank\">low-rate initial production prices<\/a>. The service said neither the program\u2019s quantities nor scope were adjusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northrop Grumman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Kendall\u2019s remarks. The company reported a nearly $1.6 billion charge on the B-21 in the last quarter of 2023, citing rising production costs and macroeconomic disruptions. This came after chief executive Kathy Warden warned investors several times last year Northrop Grumman could lose money at first on the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the B-21\u2032s development continues and moves into low-rate initial production, the Air Force is trying to make sure it plans for all aspects of the program, Kendall said, not just getting the aircraft itself ready. That includes building the facilities needed to operate and maintain it, training the pilots and other airmen who will work on it and setting up simulators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen programs get into trouble because there was too much focus on the platform and not enough on all the things that are necessary to support it,\u201d Kendall said. \u201cHopefully, we will have avoided that in the case of the B-21.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the recapitalization of another key portion of the United States\u2019 nuclear triad, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2024\/03\/28\/northrop-says-air-force-design-changes-drove-higher-sentinel-icbm-cost\/\" target=\"_blank\">LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile<\/a>, is not seeing the same cost decline. The expected price tag of the Sentinel program has grown at least 37%, largely due to the massively complex construction projects it will require. It is now expected to cost more than $130 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sentinel cost growth has triggered a process known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/01\/19\/air-forces-next-nuclear-missile-at-risk-after-costs-spike\/\" target=\"_blank\">critical Nunn-McCurdy breach<\/a>, and the Defense Department is now reviewing the program to find a way to restructure it and bring its price under control. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. 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Land-based nuclear missiles allow a quicker response than the military\u2019s nuclear bombers and submarines and have \u201ca great deterrence effect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re supporting [the review process] with facts and data,\u201d Allvin said. \u201cRegardless of what the outcome of that committee [is], we will ensure we have a safe and reliable and effective [nuclear] triad in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has taken steps to improve the structure of the Sentinel program, including by putting a two-star general in charge as program executive officer for ICBMs, Allvin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And other parts of the Air Force\u2019s modernization efforts \u2014 namely its plans for next-generation tankers and transport planes \u2014 are likely to take a back seat to its efforts to recapitalize its nuclear bombers and ICBMs, another top official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If nuclear modernization gets delayed, said Lt. 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