B-21

President Donald Trump has formally nominated a senior U.S. Air Force official to oversee critical modernization programs.

ISR capabilities may be the deciding factor in a future decision over whether to increase the size of the Northrop Grumman B-21 fleet beyond 100 aircraft.

Watch as editors discuss the impact of policy changes at the Pentagon before they break down the latest developments with the B-21 and multiple CCA projects.

Listen to our editors discuss the impact of policy changes at the Pentagon before they break down the latest developments with the B-21 and multiple CCA projects.

The B-21’s cockpit technology raises new questions about how to staff the flight deck in an era of increasing levels of automation.

The head of U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command has recommended the placement of a weapon systems officer in the cockpit of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider.

The latter part of 2025 is set to be a key time for the U.S. Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-21 program.

The second B-21 flight test aircraft has already flown a second time since its delivery sortie to the U.S. Air Force.

The B-21 Raider program completed the first flight of a second airborne test aircraft in Palmdale, California, on Sept. 11, clearing a key milestone a month before the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. Air Force contract award to Northrop Grumman.

Ellsworth AFB is preparing for the stealth bomber, but no arrival date has been announced for the lagging program.

The answer to how many B-21s the U.S. Air Force will field is not one that will come soon.

The Pentagon’s efforts to speed up production of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider might take a hit under a Senate Appropriations Committee proposal.

Northrop Grumman is in talks with the Pentagon about potentially accelerating the production ramp-up of the B-21 bomber and speeding the Sentinel ICBM effort.

The Trump administration has put forth its nominees for the second-highest-ranking officers in the U.S. Air Force and Space Force.

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) looks to add $30 billion to the Pentagon’s budget, while blocking some aircraft retirements and increasing F-35As.

For the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the U.S. Air Force, devoting the time and money to build an effective bunker-buster bomb is challenging.

With Navy acquisition programs already in a “mess,” the Pentagon is skeptical about adding a second sixth-generation fighter onto a strained defense industry.

Northrop Grumman is pressing the U.S. Air Force to increase the pace of B-21 procurement and the overall buy.

The U.S. Air Force wants to upgrade or replace the towed-decoy system on the Rockwell International B-1B Lancer bomber.

Manufacturing changes are needed to increase B-21 bomber production and to prepare for a potential program ramp-up, Northrop Grumman says.

Northrop Grumman is continuing to eat cost overruns on the initial production of its B-21 Raider and is changing its manufacturing process.

The disclosure offers a rare glimpse into the secretive operational plans for the Air Force’s next-generation bomber.

A secretive DARPA office has a new project: a large hypersonic bomber prototype. The Aerospace Projects Office keeps a low profile, even by DARPA standards.

A key win for Northrop in the fourth quarter was $900 million for the next iteration of Poland’s inter-national continental ballistic missile system.

The Bethesda, Maryland-based company reported a $1.3 billion reach-forward loss on a classified program within the Missiles & Fire Control (M&FC) business.