Perhaps less well publicized is the fact that its extraordinarily high sustainment cost is the driving factor behind its ...

The small number of B-2s in the Air Force’s inventory—and the labor-intensive process of maintaining its stealth coating—put ongoing maintenance costs as high as $200,000 per flight hour. The B-2 ...

The B-2 Spirit Bomber is the most expensive aircraft ever conceived, with an average unit cost exceeding $2 billion (when adjusted for inflation). It is also an incredibly costly aircraft to operate ...