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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    U.S. May Entertain B-21 Raider Export https://aviationweek.com/awindefense/us-may-entertain-b-21-raider-export Should Washington Sell The B-21 Bomber To Australia? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2019/11/15/should-washington-sell-the-b-21-bomber-to-australia/amp/
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    More likely 75 more B-21 will be ordered The US has 156 bombers today. But the Air Force is committed to boasting 386 squadrons, up 75 from its total today. “Certainly,” Ray said, “that means good growth for the bombers.” He cited outside studies that conclude the Air Force needs 225 bombers...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 bomber will likely have air-to-air defense capabilities Sources familiar with the development of next-generation bomber said the B-21 Raider would be fitted with advanced radar that will be provided air-to-air capabilities. For air-to-air defense, the new bomber also...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    A nice colorful attempt at trying to explain a blackhole military program...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    USAF plans to consolidate bomber fleet to B-21 and B-52 https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-plans-to-consolidate-bomber-fleet-to-b-21-and-b-445845/ Holy cow! By 2040 the current B-52H is already around 79 years old! This is a testament to the soundness of the basic design of...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    B-21 Raider Headed Toward Critical Design Review http://aviationweek.com/defense/b-21-raider-headed-toward-critical-design-review-rco-says
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    Are We Seeing B-21 Raider Development and Testing Activity at Area 51? Read more at https://theaviationist.com/2017/11/28/are-we-seeing-b-21-raider-development-and-testing-activity-at-area-51/#mA1tioCy6DQvCwTC.99 With New Projects in Development, and New Construction, The Area is Ramping Up...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    The B-21 is getting an early start, but some other programs are scheduled just when the B-21 would enter production in the mid-2020s and could challenge the bomber for funding. “They don’t have enough money,” said Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear weapons analyst with the James Martin Center for...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    A top secret desert assembly plant starts ramping up to build Northrop's B-21 bomber A once-empty parking lot at Northrop Grumman Corp.’s top secret aircraft plant in Palmdale is now jammed with cars that pour in during the predawn hours. More than a thousand new employees are working for...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    Air Force’s $2 Billion Bomber Request Pays for Staff, Drawings The $2 billion that the U.S. Air Force wants to spend this fiscal year for the new B-21 bomber would go toward added staffing for contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., software development and producing detailed engineering drawings...
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    USAF's Next Generation Optionally Manned Bomber Development is Gathering Pace

    Pentagon’s Inspector General Praises Secret $80 Billion Bomber The Air Force’s classified next-generation bomber program began with a solid plan for meeting cost goals and warfighting requirements, which include an option to fly unmanned missions, according to a newly declassified audit from...
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