Thursday's maiden flight of the B-21 took place less than two years after the first prototype flew on November 10, 2023 from the same location. This marks a major acceleration of the testing program ...

America’s B-21 Raider is built for one job: penetrate the world’s toughest air defenses and strike deep targets in Russia or China. -Its edge is not speed but low observability, multi-spectrum ...

November 3, 2025: The new American heavy bomber, the B-21, is an 81-ton, twin-engine aircraft that can carry nine tons of bombs and missiles. It is 16 meters long with a 40-meter wingspan. B-21s will ...

The second B-21 Raider stealth bomber fittingly flew on Sept. 11, from its factory in the high desert of Palmdale, California, to adjacent Edwards Air Force Base. The B-21 Raider is the most ...

Northrop Grumman is contracted to produce at least 100 of the long-range strike aircraft, which will carry conventional and nuclear weapons. The new bombers will replace the aging B-1B Lancer and B-2 ...

Airmen with the 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to recover the second B-21 Raider to arrive for test and evaluation at Edwards Air Force Base, (Photo courtesy of the Air Force) The second ...

The U.S. Air Force is on the brink of a significant milestone in advanced aviation development with the imminent test flight of its new B-21 Raider stealth bomber. This next-generation platform is ...

Northrop Grumman soon expects new contracts from the Air Force for the B-21 Raider and is now in discussions on a deal to accelerate the stealth bomber's production. (Kyle Brasier/U.S. Air Force) ...

Northrop Grumman expects to receive its next production contract for the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber sometime before the end of this year. At present, Northrop is working through a flight-testing ...