US Air Force hopes to revive modest B-52 jammer program

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WASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force hopes to revive a competition to add modest electronic warfare capabilities to the B-52 bomber, a program canceled during the fiscal 2006 budget process, a top general said on Thursday.

Before it was canceled, Northrop Grumman Corp. had been competing with a team comprised of Boeing Co. and Britain's BAE Systems Plc for the contract, which had been valued at up to $3 billion.

Gen. Ronald Keys, commander of Air Combat Command, said the Air Force would be looking for basic radar jamming capabilities for the B-52s and would try to avoid "boutique" requirements that could drive up the cost of the program again.

"If the price starts to get away from us again, we'll kill it again," Keys said.

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