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Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider. The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is an American strategic bomber in development for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Northrop Grumman. Part of the Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program, it is to be a stealth intercontinental strategic bomber that can deliver conventional and thermonuclear weapons.
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 ...
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 ...
September 19, 2024 at 7:04 AM. Air Force leaders gave an update on the B-21 Raider, a futuristic aircraft that is expected to become the United States' next nuclear stealth bomber. The aircraft ...
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 ...
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 , according to the country’s latest Defense ...
The 2037 bomber was a short-lived 1999 United States Air Force proposal to modernize and extend the service life of the U.S. bomber fleet and defer the introduction of a replacement "capability" (a strategic bomber or some future equivalent platform) until 2037. The plan was criticized by lawmakers and Pentagon officials, some of whom believed ...
In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a new multi-mission bomber competition to create a new supersonic, variable-geometry ("swing-wing") heavy bomber with a maximum speed of Mach 2.3, in response to the US Air Force B-1 bomber project. The Tupolev design, named Aircraft 160M, with a lengthened blended wing layout and incorporating some elements ...