Dick Banholzer, Boeing’s director of Global Strike Business Development, said the company is engaged in a number of new LRS-related programs. Several of these involve the B-1B fleet, he said. The company has also received a contract from the Air Force to conduct the “SPECTRE II” upgrade for the B-2 stealth bomber, a classified modernization effort. Asked for details, Banholzer said he was not at liberty to elaborate.
The U.S. military conducted strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz on May 7, as the conflict with Iran flared up again—though officials say the ceasefire remains in effect.