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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.
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]
Since its unveiling, the B-21 team had been steadily working up to the first flight of the lead aircraft, starting with the first power-up of the aircraft’s systems, and in September, static ...
Seven years after winning a U.S. Air Force contract to build a new bomber, Northrop Grumman unveiled its B-21. The company has doubled its Antelope Valley workforce since winning the project in 2015.
Northrop Grumman Corp is set to roll out the first plane in a new fleet of long-range stealth nuclear bombers for the United States Air Force at a ceremony in Palmdale, California on Friday.
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.
Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider: Stealth Strategic bomber: Air Force: To enter service in 2025. [2] Boeing MQ-25 Stingray: Unmanned combat aerial vehicle for Aerial refueling: Navy: To enter service in 2026 [3] Boeing E-7 Wedgetail: Airborne early warning and control: Air Force: To enter service around 2027. [4] Lockheed Martin E-130J: Airborne ...
The success of the B-21 Raider may determine whether the U.S. retains an advantage over its global rivals or saddles taxpayers with another gold-plated budget-buster Exclusive: The Making of the U ...