Catherine Rusoff
The US military released photos of the B-21 Invader in flight as the futuristic warplane inches closer to becoming the country’s next stealth nuclear bomber.
The B-21 Raider has begun flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the Air Force said in a statement. declarationas the plane “continues to make strides toward becoming the backbone of the U.S. Air Force’s bomber fleet.”
One photograph shows the bomber flying above the clouds, while another image shows the aircraft just above the runway.
United States Air Force
The Air Force is planning to build 100 warplanes, which have a flying wing shape much like its predecessor, the B-2 Spirit, but will incorporate advanced materials, propulsion and stealth technology to make them more capable of surviving in a conflict. future. The plane is expected to be produced in variants with and without pilots.
“We are in the flight test program, the flight test program is going well,” André Caçador, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics said during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee this month. “It’s doing what flight test programs were designed to do, which helps us learn about the unique characteristics of this platform, but in a very, very effective way.”
The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber in more than 30 years, and nearly every aspect of the program is classified. Both Northrop Grumman and the Air Force tried to protect details of the program to prevent China from gaining access to the weapon’s technology and building a similar version, as it has done with other advanced U.S. weapons systems such as the F-19 joint strike fighter. 35.
The Air Force said the B-21 is “the first aircraft that is more digital than not.”
United States Air Force
At the bomber launch in December 2022Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the B-21’s range is unmatched by any other bomber.
“It will not be necessary to be based in the theater of operations, there will be no need for logistical support to keep any target at risk,” said the secretary.
Austin said it will be difficult for adversaries to detect the stealth aircraft.
“Fifty years of advances in low-observable technology have gone into this aircraft,” he said. “Even the most sophisticated air defense systems will have difficulty detecting a B-21 in the sky.”
Márcio José Sanchez/AP
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