The Air Force does plan to work with Lockheed Martin through next spring to bring the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile program back in line, but Rebecca Christie of Dow Jones Newswires reports (via CNNMoney.com) that the service also plans to investigate some alternatives—just in case. The investigation could include a general request for information from industry.
All 12 American bombers deployed in Britain rapidly returned to the U.S. on Oct. 4 following security concerns about a potential Iranian threat to their base in the U.K.