B-21

A reusable hypersonic Next-Generation Responsive Strike prototype could be commissioned by the end of the decade.

Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.

Facing a reduction to its expected budget next year, the military cuts back on near-term aircraft procurement.

USAF is upping procurement spending on the B-21 Raider, though not as much as originally expected because of a favorable negotiated price with Northrop Grumman.

A Boeing acquisition of all or part of Spirit AeroSystems could be, if consummated, a surprise coup for the former’s defense business.

A lighter-weight replacement is coming for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator as the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider moves moves through flight testing.

Northrop Grumman's estimates show that B-21 production costs through fiscal 2027 totals $17.4 billion, including a $1.56 billion charge revealed on Jan. 25.

The B-21 program will lose $1.56 billion combined on all bombers delivered during the first five annual lots of production, Northrop Grumman has revealed.

The Pentagon's top weapons buyer has given Northrop Grumman the go-ahead for low-rate production of the B-21 Raider.

The second acknowledged test of the B-21 came 68 days after the first flight from the public airport in Palmdale, California.

Faced with an expected influx of testing with current infrastructure and staff maxed out, Edwards AFB aims to reinvent itself.

Major events in aerospace and defense during 2023.

Forecasts, snapshots and military aircraft to watch.

The service is looking at 15% budget increases per year. But if Congress does not pass an appropriations bill, that expected growth will be on hold.

An ongoing software problem haunts Lockheed Martin’s production and modernization agenda for the F-35 as a raft of new competitors hit key milestones in 2024.

A new book takes the wraps off the secret flight-test history of the facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range like no one ever has before. Listen in to hear from author Peter Merlin.

The timing and quality of the Raider’s second sortie may be at least as significant for the secretive U.S. Air Force program as the first, if not more.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The bomber’s public first flight kicks off an intensive test campaign and more funding for Northrop Grumman.

Video confirms the flying-wing aircraft has a simple W-shape trailing edge and reveals an extremely clean design with an almost featureless underside.

Readers write about Bill Sweetman’s recent B-21 cover story, AAM market appeal, U.S. military drone swarm acquisition and supersonic transport challenges.

The Pentagon wants to build a new nuclear gravity bomb, aiming to modernize part of its strategic stockpile by replacing one of the most potent variants of its B61.

The start of moving ground tests for the Northrop Grumman B-21 provides another milestone on the path to a scheduled first flight by the end of this year.

The Pentagon’s nuclear posture is not capable of deterring both China and Russia simultaneously, a new report says.

A microcutaway of what we think we know about features on the U.S. Air Force’s next stealth bomber.