Northrop Grumman B-21
| Northrop Grumman B-21 "Raider" | |
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| Type: | Strategic bomber |
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Vsl. 2025 |
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Vsl. 100 (planned) |
The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is a long-range strategic bomber under development for the US Air Force . Designed as a stealth aircraft , the B-21 is to replace the Rockwell B-1 and Northrop B-2 from the mid-2020s , with a total strength of 100 machines planned. By February 2016, the B-21 was under the project name LRS-B ( L ong R is S trike B omber ) known.
Development history
The US Department of Defense announced on October 27, 2015 that Northrop Grumman had received the contract. A single plane is not more than 550 million while US dollars cost. The bomber is manufactured by Northrop Grumman with his B-2 experience. The order volume is estimated at 80 billion US dollars (2015), a quarter of it for research and development.
Commissioning is planned for 2025, with a total of 100 bombers to be purchased (as of 2015). To test the prototypes, preparations began in spring 2018 at Edwards Air Force Base in California for setting up a test flight squadron.
Ellsworth Air Force Base is planned as the first operational base .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The B-21 has a name: Raider. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016 .
- ↑ www.20min.ch: The B-52 bomber should continue to fly until it is 90 . In: 20 minutes . ( 20min.ch [accessed on February 19, 2018]).
- ↑ USAF reveals Northrop's B-21 long-range strike bomber. Flightglobal, February 26, 2016, accessed February 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Press release from the US Department of Defense (Release No: CR-206-15)
- ↑ http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/northrop-grumman-lands-55-billion-stealth-bomber-contract/
- ↑ Gerhard Hegmann: A New Super Bomber for America's Military Dominance , Die Welt , October 28, 2015
- ↑ Northrop Grumman builds new bomber for US Air Force , aero.de, October 28, 2015
- ^ Christian Davenport: Northrop Grumman wins Long Range Strike Bomber contract Washington Post, October 27, 2015.
- ↑ New US bomber to deter China and Russia , Tages-Anzeiger , July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Brand New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Patch Appears on Ebay . In: The Aviationist . March 28, 2018 ( theaviationist.com [accessed March 29, 2018]).
- ↑ USAF selects first air base to host B-21 Raider stealth bomber, Flightglobal, March 28, 2019