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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.
B-21 Raider Takes First Flight Video capture from video by Matt Hartman - Wikimedia Commons. At 6:51 a.m. on Friday, November 9, the U.S. Air Force's advanced new flying-wing B-21 Raider stealth ...
As the B-21 Raider flight test program progresses, performance data continues to align with digital model predictions. Northrop Grumman’s digital ecosystem is enabling the team to analyze data between test flights with speed and efficiency, evidenced by the Combined Test Force’s (CTF’s) demonstrated ability to perform multiple test ...
Ann Stefanek, an Air Force spokesperson said, "The B-21 Raider is in flight testing. Flight testing is a critical step in the test campaign managed by the Air Force Test Center and 412th Test ...
[4] [5] [6] A development contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman for its B-21 Raider in October 2015. Much about the project is highly classified and little information is available to the public. As of late 2019, it was known that construction of the aircraft had begun, [7] [8] and on December 2, 2022, it was unveiled to the public. [9]
A B-21 Raider conducts flight testing, which includes ground testing, taxiing and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. / Credit: Air Force Global Strike Command.
The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years, and almost every aspect of the program is classified. Both Northrop Grumman and the Air Force have tried to protect ...
Work resumed under the Long Range Strike Bomber program (LRS-B), which resulted in the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider. [15] [12] Debates persist within the Air Force ranks about the 2037 bomber and the future of long-range strike. The Air Force's interest, or lack thereof, in a follow-on bomber to the LRS-B has not been publicly divulged.