National Interest: The B-21 Stealth Bomber Revolution Is Almost Here
All we know, at least so far, point to a weapons platform like no other on the planet.
The first flight of the new U.S. Air Force B-21 stealth bomber is now less than two years away, a milestone expected to usher in a new era in stealth technology, avionics, targeting, data management and AI for bomber aircraft.
“The B-21 is intended to stand in and hit heavily defended targets with special-purpose weapons that we can use to strike from a distance or by other means. We know the B-21 will bring unique characteristics with low observability and weapons,” Gen. Mark E. Weatherington, Commander, Eighth Air Force, and Commander, Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, told The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in a video interview.
Pilots at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., are now preparing to conduct the first “flight envelope” and “airframe” test in the coming months, a move which will begin months of Air Force effort to refine, assess and prepare the B-21s technologies for warfare.
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