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LRSO Program Receives Nearly $382 Million Boost in USAF Request

LRSO Program Receives Nearly $382 Million Boost in USAF Request
Two F-16 Fighting Falcons and two F-4 Phantom IIs from the Hellenic air force fly in formation with a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, April 5, 2022. The pre-planned Bomber Task Force operation was conducted with NATO partners and allies. The B-52 is to be capable of carrying LRSO (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force in fiscal 2023 is requesting almost $981 million for the Raytheon Technologies' [RTX] Long Range Standoff Missile (LRSO), nearly $382 million more than appropriated by Congress in fiscal 2022 and more than $615 million more than in fiscal 2021. Of the $980.8 million the Air Force asks in fiscal 2023 for LRSO, about $52 million looks to be for long-lead acquisition items for the next generation nuclear cruise missile. Last July, the Air Force awarded Raytheon's…

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