U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz says his service may begin funding two new programs in the upcoming budget request, despite bleak projections that Pentagon spending will flatten in the coming years.rnAir Force officials intend to restart the derailed effort to develop a new Next-Generation Bomber (NGB), also referred to as Long-Range Strike, and embark on establishing a follow-on system for the Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite program, Schwartz told an audience of financial analysts at the AVIATION WEEK/Credit Suisse Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference here this month.
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