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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.
Two teams, Northrop Grumman and Boeing–Lockheed Martin, were working on pre-proposals for the competition. [55] In June 2014, the USAF revealed that the LRS-B RFP would be released "soon," with proposals to be submitted by fall 2014 and evaluations completed in early 2015, with a contract award after that.
In July 2009, Northrop Grumman reported the B-2 was compatible with the equipment necessary to deploy the 30,000 lb (14,000 kg) Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), which is intended to attack reinforced bunkers; up to two MOPs could be equipped in the B-2's bomb bays with one per bay, [97] the B-2 is the only platform compatible with the MOP as ...
In a fact sheet, Northrop Grumman, based in Falls Church, Virginia, said it is using "new manufacturing techniques and materials to ensure the B-21 will defeat the anti-access, area-denial systems ...
The futuristic B-21 Raider is conducting multiple test flights a week, officials said. ... according to Thomas Jones, the Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector president. A photo shared by ...
The B-21 left Northrop's facility at the Air Force's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, at sunrise on Friday offering the first unscripted look at the new bomber which has been developed under ...
Northrop Grumman successfully verified the B-21 structural design with the completion of static testing, thus validating original models and signifying a solid structural design. Northrop Grumman has also begun fatigue testing on another ground test article to simulate a lifetime of flight conditions on the aircraft structure.
The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is powered by two 27,000 lbf (120 kN) PW9000s. [40] Other proposed members of the PW9000 family include a 15,000 lbf (67 kN) thrust variant based on the PW1215 and offered as a potential replacement on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk , and a 30,000 lbf (130 kN) thrust class fighter engine variant to ...