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  2. Long Range Strike Bomber - Wikipedia

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    The Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) is a development and acquisition program to develop a long-range strategic bomber for the United States Air Force, [1] intended to be a heavy-payload stealth aircraft that can deliver thermonuclear weapons. [2] Initial capability is planned for the mid-2020s.

  3. Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider - Wikipedia

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    The B-21 in this 2016 artist's rendering was a notably darker gray than the actual plane rolled out in 2022. The classified Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program began in 2011, [5] to create a stealth intercontinental strategic bomber for the USAF, able to deliver conventional and thermonuclear weapons. [6]

  4. Boeing B-52 Stratofortress - Wikipedia

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    The Long Range Strike Bomber program is intended to yield a stealthy successor for the B-52 and B-1 that would begin service in the 2020s; it is intended to produce 80 to 100 aircraft. Two competitors, Northrop Grumman and a joint team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, submitted proposals in 2014; [ 233 ] Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract in ...

  5. The New $55 Billion Stealth Bomber Faces a Dangerous Future - AOL

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    Long-range bombers such as the B-52, B-1, and B-2 are iconic Air Force symbols, and they provide the Air force with a capability that no other nation has -- the ability to rapidly deploy tailored ...

  6. B-21 Raider stealth bomber may fly this year after ... - AOL

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    Northrop Grumman and the Air Force unveiled the stealth nuclear bomber during a December ceremony at the defense contractor's factory in California. B-21 Raider stealth bomber may fly this year ...

  7. To Win a $55 Billion Stealth Bomber, Boeing and ... - AOL

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    The B-52, like the one seen here, is what the Air Force needs to replace. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The two biggest defense contractors in the world, Boeing and Lockheed Martin , have just teamed ...

  8. Northrop YB-49 - Wikipedia

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    The conversion of the long-range XB-35 to jet power essentially cut the effective range of the aircraft in half, putting it in the medium-range bomber category with Boeing's new swept-winged jet bomber the B-47 Stratojet. The B-47 was optimized for high-altitude and high-speed flight and, in an era where speed and altitude were becoming ...

  9. This new nuclear stealth bomber is top secret. So why is the ...

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    The futuristic new B-21 bomber took off on its first flight Friday morning from Palmdale, a milestone event as the plane continues testing.