B-21 Program Hits Schedule Pressure Even On ‘Conventional Trajectory’
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Credit: U.S. Air Force
As the first B-21 enters final assembly in Palmdale, California, the Northrop Grumman-led program is on track to hit a first-flight target in two years, although the first signs of schedule pressure have appeared. Most of the details of the U.S. Air Force’s newest stealth bomber remain a tightly...
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