DefenceTalkThe United States on Friday unveiled the B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear and conventional weapons and is designed to be able to fly without a crew on board. The slickly choreographed ceremony at B-21 manufacturer Northrop Grumman’s facility in Palmdale, California opened with the US national anthem as older bombers […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-unveils-high-tech-b-21-stealth-bomber-79643/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkBARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE: In support of its efforts to modernize America’s bomber fleet, the Air Force will begin divesting 17 B-1B Lancers from its current fleet as authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act. This action will not affect the service’s lethality or any associated maintenance manpower. It will allow officials to focus maintenance […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-begins-retirement-of-b-1-aircraft-paving-way-for-b-21-76807/

DefenceTalkThe Air Force successfully held a critical design review of the B-21 weapon system November 28-30, 2018. The event served as a multi-disciplined technical review that ensured the Air Force’s newest bomber has a stable and mature design as the program moves forward into manufacturing and flight test. According to Air Force leadership, the review […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-21-raider-program-holds-weapons-system-critical-design-review-71984/

DefenceTalkThe Air Force outlined plans for its bomber fleet in its Fiscal Year 2019 President’s Budget Request February 12, 2018. In line with the service’s bomber vector, the budget request detailed the Air Force plan to update the B-52 Stratofortress fleet and continue modifications to the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit fleets while continuing to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-air-force-outlines-future-of-bomber-force-71473/

DefenceTalkAt a recent House Armed Services Committee hearing, Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, a deputy in the Air Force’s acquisitions office, fielded a question from Guam Representative Madeleine Bordallo about the decision to use a riskier cost-plus contract rather than a fixed-price contract for the development phase of what is now being called the B-21 bomber. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/business-as-usual-building-new-usaf-b-21-bomber-67106/

DefenceTalkAlthough the U.S. next-generation long-range stealth bomber adopts new-type stealth technology, China has its own method to cope with the bomber, an aviation expert told the Global Times. If the bomber, designated the B-21 by the U.S. Air Force, needs a specific hangar, the U.S. might not deploy many bombers because of high cost of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-b-21-stealth-bomber-target-deployed-asia-pacific-66895/