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B-21 Announced
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:50 pm
by kristianrj
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:54 pm
by H.A.Bucken
I wonder if it's a corruption of, say, a B-2, 'update 1'? An all-new bomber could still be a B-3 I suppose. Running out of computer time so haven't read all the article.
R.P.
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:56 pm
by kristianrj
A bit more here, seems it's a little bit smaller than a B-2 and has lower payload. Cool looking aircraft though.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-ne ... 1761470901
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:59 pm
by kristianrj
Northrop haven't shown the configuration of the exhausts which is exactly what they did when the B-2 was announced in April 1988:
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:59 pm
by Jazz
kristianrj wrote:Makes you wonder what happened to the B-3 to B-20?
Nothing, we're just not in those centuries!... "The designation B-21 recognizes the LRS-B as the first bomber of the 21st century."
http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/t ... omber.aspx
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:16 pm
by Agent K
Makes you wonder what happened to the B-3 to B-20?
I think you'll find the B17, 24, 25,26, 29 etc. are somewhat famous....
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:42 am
by Stroudy
Good to see an impression finally.
I'll take the potential B-1R instead please!
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:55 am
by Bushpilot
Looks like they thought long an hard about that one
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:09 am
by kristianrj
Agent K - in the 1962 the US switched to the tri-service designation scheme for their naming conventions, the last bomber under the old system was the XB-70, the first new one was the B-1, the B-2 followed and the next should be the B-3.
Stroudy - I'd prefer a B-1 variant too, something with afterburners and swing wings
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:40 am
by page_verify
They've released the "first official rendering", rather than the first un-official scribble huh? Looks and sounds like another bomber that can only operate from 3 bases outside of the US....!
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:09 pm
by kristianrj
BAT-21 reference, nice
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:34 pm
by quid21
Someone suggested the name B-21 'Money Pit'!
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 5:37 am
by scottoz8
Wonder how many they will buy. The cost of the B2 was horrific.
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:37 pm
by thorny1a
Let's hope the cost's don't spiral like the B-2 or be plagued with delay's like the F-35!
Maybe we'll get a flyby at RIAT 2021 or an RAF order for a squadron at Waddington,
living in fantasy world again!
Re: B-21 Announced
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 7:14 pm
by Vulcanone
It seems that Boeing and the the Company they teamed up with for the Bid were not happy with the decision and rattled the GAOs cage...
Given what they are already troubled with (Boeing with the KC-46, and LM with DAVE) I can see why the GAO didn't overrule the decision
Hopefully as Northrop are a wee bit adept at the Flying Wing they know what they are doing
T
