The 2018 bomber.

http://www.afa.org/magazine/Oct2006/10062018.asp

It’s sounding less and less likely the more time goes by. It’s suppose to be an “interim” bomber to get us by until we get the “real” bomber in ~2037 but feature creep is already happening. According to the article variable-sweep and supersonic dash is being considered, stealth is manditory, and they’d like it to be self-defending. And they thought the B-2 was expensive. This thing is going to fall on it’s face hard if they don’t keep the wish list reasonable. After all it’s just suppose to be a interim bomber that would work alongside the B-52, B-1, and B-2. (BTW when was the last time the US had FOUR heavy bombers in service at once?)