As the US Air Force and Northrop Grumman strive to bring the world's first sixth-generation strategic strike aircraft into production, the B-21 Raider remains shrouded in secrecy. Slivers of ...

November 3, 2025: The new American heavy bomber, the B-21, is an 81-ton, twin-engine aircraft that can carry nine tons of bombs and missiles. It is 16 meters long with a 40-meter wingspan. B-21s will ...

A second B-21 Raider bomber has flown for the first time in California, the Air Force announced Thursday, a milestone officials say will accelerate testing of America’s first new long-range bomber in ...

Northrop Grumman is contracted to produce at least 100 of the long-range strike aircraft, which will carry conventional and nuclear weapons. The new bombers will replace the aging B-1B Lancer and B-2 ...

On December 2, 2022, the U.S. Air Force officially unveiled its new bomber: the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider. Painted in bone white, built in a flying wing design, the B-21 was touted as the world's ...

The second B-21 Raider stealth bomber fittingly flew on Sept. 11, from its factory in the high desert of Palmdale, California, to adjacent Edwards Air Force Base. The B-21 Raider is the most ...

Addition of second production-representative test aircraft enables acceleration of weapons integration testing and maintenance procedures development as the USAF prepares for operational fielding of ...