After the death of Jack Northrop in 1981, people began to wonder as to the cause of the military cancellation of the project. For many decades rumors had spread. Aviation experts suspected that the cancellations were motivated more by politics than by technical shortcomings.<ref>http://www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/2001arq/Baker.pdf</ref> A congressional investigation in 1949 seemed to take away the blame from the airforce. Northrop himself testified in defense of the [[Air Force]] leadership, saying he was not pressured to do anything. But in 1979, Northrop claimed that he had in fact been improperly pressured. Newly released documents, and troubles seen with the modern B2-bomber, seem to show that the Air Force did have at least a reason to stopping the program. <ref>http://www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/2001arq/Baker.pdf</ref>
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After the death of Jack Northrop in 1981, people began to wonder as to the cause of the military cancellation of the project. For many decades rumors had spread. Aviation experts suspected that the cancellations were motivated more by politics than by technical shortcomings.<ref>http://www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/2001arq/Baker.pdf</ref> A congressional investigation in 1949 seemed to take away the blame from the airforce. Northrop himself testified in defense of the [[United_States_Air_Force|Air Force]] leadership, saying he was not pressured to do anything. But in 1979, Northrop claimed that he had in fact been improperly pressured. Newly released documents, and troubles seen with the modern B2-bomber, seem to show that the Air Force did have at least a reason to stopping the program. <ref>http://www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/2001arq/Baker.pdf</ref>