Stephen Cambone, Pentagon intel chief, told the Daily Report that the move earlier this year that separated the leadership function of the National Reconnaissance Office from the Undersecretary of the Air Force was just one of a series of upcoming changes. He called the split “useful at this time” and a “sensible thing to have done.” Cambone said that, although there is nothing in the future to preclude a single leader as undersecretary and head of the NRO, “there is a great deal of change and innovation that is on the way.”
The rate of building B-21 bombers would speed up if the fiscal 2026 defense budget passes. But it remains unclear how much capacity would be added, and whether the Air Force would simply build the bombers faster, or buy more.
