USAF plans $1.7 billion investment to modernize B-1B Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers, extending service life as B-21 Raider production ramps up.
B-2 Spirit
Northrop Grumman has publicly shared a new rendering and concept video of an advanced carrier-based combat fighter, widely understood to represent its bid for the US Navy’s sixth-generation F/A-XX programme.
Northrop Grumman has released the first-ever full overhead image of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber.
New satellite imagery suggests that a hardened facility associated with Iran’s nuclear program may have been struck during the latest wave of airstrikes.
The U.S. Air Force plans to increase production capacity for the B-21 Raider stealth bomber.
US B-2, B-1 and B-52 bombers join Israeli strikes on Iran as over 2,000 targets hit in the first 100 hours of air war.
The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit has entered the expanding air campaign against Iran, striking hardened underground missile cave complexes.
The US Air Force has confirmed that its target of 100 B-21 Raider bombers remains unchanged despite a 25 percent increase in annual production capacity.
Unlike commercial airplanes, where unit cost drops as production increases, many military aircraft are built in small numbers.
The B-2 Spirit is designed for extremely long-duration missions, yet it carries only two pilots.