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The Next-Generation Bomber (NGB; unofficially called the 2018 Bomber or B-3 Bomber) was a program to develop a new medium bomber for the United States Air Force.The NGB was initially projected to enter service around 2018 as a stealthy, subsonic, medium-range, medium payload bomber to supplement and possibly—to a limited degree—replace the U.S. Air Force's aging bomber fleet (B-52 ...
A 2015 media report said the Air Force wanted the bomber to also function as an intelligence collection platform, battle manager, and interceptor aircraft. [10] In 2016, then–Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said that the B-21 would be a "fifth-generation global precision attack platform" with networked sensor-shoot capability. [15]
YF-23 YF-23 flying over Edwards Air Force Base. General information Type Stealth fighter technology demonstrator National origin United States Manufacturer Northrop / McDonnell Douglas Status Canceled Primary user United States Air Force Number built 2 History Manufactured 1989–1990 First flight 27 August 1990 The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine ...
Development for the B-21 Raider originally began in 2004, when the U.S. Air Force began its Next Generation Bomber program. Although it was canceled in 2009 after spending $1.4 billion, the ...
It’s the first new strategic U.S. bomber in 34 years and the first sixth-generation aircraft in the world. The B-21 Raider will one day replace earlier bombers.
America’s super stealthy next-generation bomber won’t be heading to the land down under. Australia has passed up a chance to buy the B-21 Raider, ... Australia plans to acquire six Ghost Bats.
In 2001, federal investigators probed NG for fraud of more than $100 million, systematic overcharging for radar jammers and other high-tech devices used in the B-1 bomber, the F-15 fighter and the B-2 Stealth bomber. [146] In 2003, the company was sued for overcharging the U.S. government for space projects in the 1990s. [147]
The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic flying wing with a crew of two, the plane was designed by Northrop (later Northrop Grumman) as the prime contractor, with Boeing, Hughes, and ...