US Air Force LRS-B Bomber Thread - the B-21 Raider

[Stealthflanker]

Does he really saying H-20 was better than B-21 ? Like it's so weird when i saw that remarks in Louischeung's twitter account.

He however is known to be overhyping stuff so i wont easily take his post for granted.

 

[Michaelsinodef]

Should apparantly be the full video of the presentation.

Actually, after watching it myself.

It gets cutoff at the end, and seems like he was about to talk a bit about 6th gen planes (might be focused on China's?), do we have recording for the latter half?

 

[TK3600]

Does he really saying H-20 was better than B-21 ? Like it's so weird when i saw that remarks in Louischeung's twitter account.

He however is known to be overhyping stuff so i wont easily take his post for granted.

No mention of H-20. He only talked about B-21 in context of digital design, and how its stealth will not be sufficient to overcome Chinese air defense no matter from which direction.

 

[Scout]

Should apparantly be the full video of the presentation.

And what he said?

 

[anzha]

She flew again.

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[anzha]

B-21 has been authorized for LRIP:

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[anzha]

And Northrop has taken a $1.5B charge due to cost overruns:

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[SlothmanAllen]

And Northrop has taken a $1.5B charge due to cost overruns:

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Sounds like this will happen through the first five LRIP lots, though I expect over the lifetime course of the aircraft this will be a major money maker for Northrop.

 

[gelgoog]

B-21 has the potential of being a cost effective replacement for the whole bomber fleet if they don't mess it up. Bomber equivalent of the Virginia class submarine. A smaller/cheaper version of the final leading Cold War era platform.

 

[TK3600]

B-21 is a game changer. Not so much a China killer, but a big improvement of American capability and sustainability.