Ka taƙaita labarin:  Atlanta (CNN) Kusan shekaru 30 bayan da jirgin farko na Amurka ya tashi, jirgin sama na tsohuwar rundunar sojan sama yana shirye don yin gyare-gyare; ko da yake tsada. Ma'aikatar tsaron ta Pentagon tana neman inganta jirgin sama na ɓoye a karon farko tun daga shekarun 1970s, ta hanyar samar da babban fifiko, super-classified, mai jefa bama-bamai na gaba. Rundunar Sojojin Sama na shirin bayar da kwangila don ginawa da haɓaka Jirgin Sama mai tsawo zuwa ɗayan manyan kamfanoni masu ƙarfi a cikin wannan masana'antar a ƙarshen wannan shekarar kuma yana fatan haɗa su cikin rundunar jiragen sama a tsakiyar 2020s. Masu fafatawa don kyautar sune Northrop Grumman, mai haɓaka jirgin sama na yanzu na Sojan Sama, B-2, da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Boeing da Lockheed Martin. A gaban Kwamitin Sojoji na Majalisar a farkon wannan watan, William LaPlante, mataimakin sakataren Sojojin Sama don Samun, ya ba da shawarar cewa Sojojin Sama za su ba da kwangilar "kudin-da-kudin" ga kamfanin da ya ci nasara, ma'ana gwamnati za ta ɗauki haɗarin duk wani tsadar da aka wuce. LaPlante ya ce, "Na yi imani a kan LRS-B (Long Range Strike Bomber) zai zama mafi al'ada a ma'anar cewa muna yin ɗan ci gaba kaɗan". Rundunar sojin sama ta ce tana shirin yin amfani da fasahohin da ake da su don taimakawa ci gaba da LRS-B mai araha. Koyaya Cibiyar Nazarin Dabarun da Kasafin Kudi, ƙungiya mai zaman kanta, ƙungiyar bincike mara son kai, ta yi gargadin cewa "ƙananan ra'ayoyi, dabarun sayen kayan yau da kullun na iya sanya batun 'iyawa' ya zama mai ƙalubale, kamar yadda dole ne a tantance iyawa a cikin yanayin tasirin aikin na iya aiki a cikin rayuwar da aka tsara". Tare da F-35 Joint Strike Fighter da KC-46 tanker, LRS-B na ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke da fifiko na zamani na Sojan Sama, kuma wasu masana sun ce ci gabanta zai wuce kawai haɓaka tsohuwar rundunar bama-bamai. Janar Laftanar Sojan Sama mai ritaya David Deptula ya fada wa CNN a wannan makon cewa ba daidai ba ne a lakafta LRS-B a matsayin "mai jefa bam" kawai kuma jami'an suna buƙatar zubar da "tsohuwar hanyar tunani" ta rarraba jiragen sama zuwa...
Pentagon za ta sabunta jirgin sama na ɓoye a karon farko tun daga shekarun 1970s, tana haɓaka wani fashewa, mai ba da bam na gaba. Rundunar sojin sama na shirin bayar da kwangilar gina jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu mai dogon zango a karshen wannan shekarar. Rundunar Sojan Sama ta ba da shawarar cewa za ta ba da kwangilar "kudin-da-kudin", ma'ana gwamnati tana ɗaukar haɗarin duk wani tsadar da aka wuce. Alamu sun nuna cewa sabon bam din zai dauki makamai na yau da kullum da na nukiliya kuma zai iya aiki tare da ko ba tare da matukin jirgi ba.