B-21

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.

Survivability and increased standoff head the list of priorities for long-term Air Force modernization.

The outgoing Biden administration is laying the groundwork for the larger U.S. strategic force championed during the first Trump administration.

The incoming second presidential administration of Donald Trump may look to increase spending on nuclear efforts by expanding programs of record.

Miller comes from Northrop Grumman, where he was the vice president for engineering in its aeronautics sector for a year.

Most defense programs end up more expensive than planned, but the B-21 is still cheaper than the Air Force expected. Supporters say it is time to buy.

Air Force officials have not linked the NGAD review to a larger force structure study that affects the B-21, changes could arise from a host of pending reviews.

The U.S. Air Force now has three Northrop Grumman B-21 bombers in test.