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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 ...
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. Named "Raider" in honor of the Doolittle Raiders of World War II , the B-21 is meant to replace the Rockwell B-1 Lancer and Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit by 2040, and possibly the ...
The Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B (Russian: Сухой С-70 "Охотник", lit. 'Hunter'), also referred to as Hunter-B, [ 2 ][ 3 ] is a Russian heavy unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) that was being developed during the 2010s by Sukhoi and Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG. [ 4 ] Several prototypes underwent flight testing in 2019–2023 [ 5 ...
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 ...
It’s the first new strategic U.S. bomber in 34 years and the first sixth-generation aircraft in the world. The B-21 Raider will one day replace earlier bombers.
The first mention of Russia's next-generation long-range strategic bomber dates back to the late 1990s when the formation of requirements for the aircraft had begun. In December 2007, the Russian Air Force handed to Tupolev Design Bureau the first set of technical and tactical requirements for a new strategic bomber and financing of 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 ...
In 2001, federal investigators probed NG for fraud of more than $100 million, systematic overcharging for radar jammers and other high-tech devices used in the B-1 bomber, the F-15 fighter and the B-2 Stealth bomber. [146] In 2003, the company was sued for overcharging the U.S. government for space projects in the 1990s. [147]