Northrop Grumman will unveil the highly anticipated new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, during a ceremony on Friday, December 2. Before the presentation, the company provided ten details about the new bomber.
Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider will be unveiled on December 2 at the company’s site in Palmdale, California, marking the first time the world’s first sixth-generation aircraft will be seen in public. When delivered to the Air Force, the B-21 will join the nation’s strategic triad as a visible and flexible deterrent; support national security objectives and secure the nation’s allies and partners.
When it comes to delivering America’s resolve, the Raider will provide the Air Force with long range, high survivability and mission payload flexibility. The B-21 will penetrate the toughest defenses for precision strikes around the world. Here are 10 key facts about Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider.
1. Sixth Generation. The B-21 Raider benefits from more than three decades of attack and stealth technology. It is the next evolution of the Air Force’s strategic bomber fleet. Developed with the next generation of stealth technology, advanced network capabilities and an open systems architecture, the B-21 is optimized for the high-end threat environment. It will play a critical role in helping the Air Force accomplish its most complex missions.
2. Stealth. Northrop Grumman is continually advancing technology, employing new manufacturing techniques and materials to ensure the B-21 defeats the anti-access and area denial systems it will face.
3. Backbone of the fleet. The B-21 Raider forms the backbone of the future for US air power. The B-21 will deliver a new era of capability and flexibility through advanced integration of data, sensors and weapons. Capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear payloads, the B-21 will be one of the most effective aircraft in the skies, with the ability to use a wide mix of direct attack and standoff munitions.
4. A digital bomber. The B-21 is a digital bomber. Northrop Grumman uses agile software development, advanced manufacturing techniques and digital engineering tools to help mitigate production risk in the B-21 program and enable modern sustainment practices. Six B-21 Raiders are in various stages of final assembly and testing at the Northrop Grumman plant in Palmdale, California.
5. Cloud technology. Northrop Grumman and the Air Force successfully demonstrated data migration from B-21 ground systems to a cloud environment. This demonstration included the development, deployment, and data testing of the B-21, including the B-21 digital twin, which will support B-21 operations and support. This robust cloud-based digital infrastructure will result in a more sustainable and sustainable aircraft with a lower cost infrastructure.
6. Open Architecture. To meet the evolving threat environment, the B-21 has been designed from day one for rapid upgradeability. Unlike previous generation aircraft, the B-21 will not undergo block upgrades. New technologies, capabilities and weapons will be seamlessly incorporated through agile software updates and built-in hardware flexibility. This will ensure that the B-21 Raider can continuously address the evolving threat for decades to come.
7. A National Selection. Since being awarded the contract in 2015, Northrop Grumman has assembled a national team to design, test and build the world’s most advanced attack aircraft. The B-21 team includes more than 8,000 people from Northrop Grumman, industry partners and the Air Force. The team consists of more than 400 providers in 40 states.
8. sustenance. Long-term operations and sustainment affordability have been a priority of the B-21 program from the beginning. In partnership with the Air Force, our team has made sustainment an equally important requirement for stealth performance to ensure we drive more affordable and predictable sustainment operations and outcomes.
9. Global reach. The B-21 Raider will be the backbone of the US bomber fleet and critical to supporting our nation’s strategic deterrence strategy. In addition to its advanced long-range precision strike capabilities that will give combatant commanders the ability to hold any objective, anywhere in the world at risk, it has also been designed as the core component of a larger family of systems that will offer intelligence. surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, electronic attack and multi-domain networks. In a dynamic global security environment, the B-21 will provide the flexibility and deterrence critical to the security of the US and our allies.
10. Raider. The B-21 Raider is named after the Doolittle Raid of World War II when 80 airmen, led by Lt. Col. James “Jimmy” Doolittle, and 16 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers set out on a mission that changed the direction of the Second World War. The actions of these 80 volunteers were instrumental in changing the momentum in the Pacific theater. This marked the attack as a catalyst for a multitude of future advances in US air superiority from land or sea. The courageous spirit of the Doolittle Raiders is the inspiration behind the name of the B-21 Raider.
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