LRS-B... The B-21
First flight pushed back to 2023
Not sure what to make of this https://aviationweek.com/defense-spa...t-now-set-2023
cheers
cheers
The B-21 Raider’s First Flight Has Slipped to 2023 (yahoo.com)
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Northrop’s cost estimate for developing the new B-21 stealth bomber has come in lower than the US Air Force’s $25.1 billion projection, a rare early-stage success story among major weapons programs
https://t.co/Y7MrLE2gdu
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Australia
Australian musings...if they were supplied Loyal Wingman then perhaps this is not without the realms of possibility and they still looking for missing long range strike since the F1-11 'Pig' was retired.
https://eurasiantimes.com/after-nuke...tealth-raider/
https://eurasiantimes.com/after-nuke...tealth-raider/
Australian musings...if they were supplied Loyal Wingman then perhaps this is not without the realms of possibility and they still looking for missing long range strike since the F1-11 'Pig' was retired.
https://eurasiantimes.com/after-nuke...tealth-raider/
https://eurasiantimes.com/after-nuke...tealth-raider/
lets niot get excited - it might be a decade to service
In The Times this afternoon.
America ready to unveil its new B-21 Raider stealth bomber
Click the link for the remainder.
America ready to unveil its new B-21 Raider stealth bomber
For years the US company tasked with building a new generation of strategic stealth bomber has operated in total secrecy, giving only subtle hints as to what it will look like through artist’s impressions.
The veil of mystery is now about to be lifted, with the debut on Friday of the new B-21 Raider, which will form the backbone of America’s airborne nuclear force in the future.
The official roll-out will take place at Palmdale, California, where Northrop Grumman, the company selected to design the futuristic bomber, has been developing the classified programme. Although the flying-wing shape will be similar to the B-2 Spirit bomber built more than 30 years ago, the Raider will be smaller and more finely designed, making it far more difficult to spot by enemy radar. If the revolutionary B-2 was super-stealthy, the B-21 is expected to be barely visible in combat operations.
The veil of mystery is now about to be lifted, with the debut on Friday of the new B-21 Raider, which will form the backbone of America’s airborne nuclear force in the future.
The official roll-out will take place at Palmdale, California, where Northrop Grumman, the company selected to design the futuristic bomber, has been developing the classified programme. Although the flying-wing shape will be similar to the B-2 Spirit bomber built more than 30 years ago, the Raider will be smaller and more finely designed, making it far more difficult to spot by enemy radar. If the revolutionary B-2 was super-stealthy, the B-21 is expected to be barely visible in combat operations.
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Believe it is Diego Garcia., but happy to be corrected. The approach at Anderson AFB Guam, is not so close to the beach.
Excited for the rollout. Will surely not be as surprising to most of us as the B-2 roll out was, but I am sure there will be a few minor items to note. I will be looking at the canopy glass to see if that odd angle from the renderings makes it, the landing gear, intakes and trailing edge especially.
Excited for the rollout. Will surely not be as surprising to most of us as the B-2 roll out was, but I am sure there will be a few minor items to note. I will be looking at the canopy glass to see if that odd angle from the renderings makes it, the landing gear, intakes and trailing edge especially.
Believe it is Diego Garcia., but happy to be corrected. The approach at Anderson AFB Guam, is not so close to the beach.
Excited for the rollout. Will surely not be as surprising to most of us as the B-2 roll out was, but I am sure there will be a few minor items to note. I will be looking at the canopy glass to see if that odd angle from the renderings makes it, the landing gear, intakes and trailing edge especially.
Excited for the rollout. Will surely not be as surprising to most of us as the B-2 roll out was, but I am sure there will be a few minor items to note. I will be looking at the canopy glass to see if that odd angle from the renderings makes it, the landing gear, intakes and trailing edge especially.
I assume it’ll be Xbillion per airframe.
I haven’t read the entire post but , how many are the USA claiming they’ll order right now & how many do people think they’ll ACTUALLY buy?
It strikes me as one of those ‘Brilliant but too expensive...’ pieces of kit.
On that basis & with other factors , I can’t see Australia buying any!
I haven’t read the entire post but , how many are the USA claiming they’ll order right now & how many do people think they’ll ACTUALLY buy?
It strikes me as one of those ‘Brilliant but too expensive...’ pieces of kit.
On that basis & with other factors , I can’t see Australia buying any!
