Even limited to the head-on view, there’s still striking details that stand out in the new bomber compared to the old one. The B-2 Spirit appears as two caverns and a mound arising from the flat ...

The B21 next generation stealth bomber is only a few months behind schedule for a 2023 first test flight. This means we are about 4 to 16 weeks away from the first test flight. The prototype B21’s ...

B-2 (172 ft. span) is far larger than the new B-21 Raider (less than 150 ft. span). This is why the original Stealth Bomber has the advantage when it comes to the payload.

It's the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. It's part of efforts to modernize all three legs of a nuclear triad, alongside nuclear missiles and submarine-launched warheads.

The B-2 program was notoriously over-budget , further setting the B-21 apart from its predecessor. The cost per unit in 1998 was $1.157 billion, when adjusted to 2024 dollars, each B-2 Spirit cost ...

The development of the B21 Raider began in 2009 when the U.S. realized that its existing bomber fleet was becoming obsolete. The B2 Spirit , while stealthy, was prohibitively expensive, and the B1 ...

While the Raider may resemble the B-2, once you get inside, the similarities stop, said Kathy Warden, chief executive of Northrop Grumman Corp., which is building the bomber.

As they enter into service, they will eventually replace the B-1 Lancet and B-2 Spirit bomber fleets, joining the venerable B-52 as the U.S. Air Force's long-range strategic bomber.

The B-2 Spirit bomber is one of the most distinctive aircraft ever assembled. Built as a “flying wing” without vertical stabilizers, horizontal stabilizers, or a traditional fuselage, the ...

The B-2 stealth bomber has its roots in the 1980s and '90s, and recently, one of them was able to receive new mission data wirelessly.