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I am an American and the way I see it is, if the military is allowing this much information out, this is outdated and we already have better.
For sure we wouldn’t be advertising stuff that isn’t known through espionage and/or where they already have better technology in it but this was what was originally put into the aircraft. They definitely won’t tell the most important pieces of information to ensure that when it actually faces combat the enemy won’t have any idea what happened to them. I remember when the F-117 Nighthawk came out and was unveiled to the public at an air show (on the ground where you couldn’t get within 200 feet of the aircraft and it flew into Fairchild AFB at night and left at night as well without lights on to ensure nobody knew its capabilities) and there was tons of MP’s around to ensure nobody took any pictures of the aircraft.
More like it’s already been used for awhile. I remember seeing the f117 nighthawk parked out front of a hangar before it was ever common knowledge. Turns out it was already in service for at least a few years at that point.
The US uses a deterrent method for warfare.
They do share a lot of the information they have because their stuff is just plain better than everyone else’s, plus they have more of it than everyone else does.
It’s a flex designed to intimidate possible enemies.
Yes, they do have various things people do not know about, but they have no issues sharing stuff that they do have.
Because knowing about it doesn’t mean you can prevent them using it nor do you understand how the US would operate it in a war situation. US tactical doctrine still remains top secret and is always evolving.
So no, I very much doubt that these things are obsolete or “bad” compared to other stuff they have…this stuff is just bloody scary and meant to be scary.
yup anything we common people are allowed to know about is at least 3 generations behind what the elite know we actually have
Think of Snowdens response. You're most like correct
If we’re announcing something like this it means it’s obsolete and their making something much more intense
American tech superiority is a weapon all by itself. When the US says "Oh we have this..." and you are one of our opponents, you HAVE TO start developing your own version and your own counter-measures or you risk us walking all over you. It DOES NOT MATTER if we are lying! We've pulled enough amazing tech wins, and we spend so much money on this stuff every year that you have to assume we're serious every single time.
I don't know if there's a real estimate of how much defense money we have forced our opponents to waste on things that we lied about, or where we lied about its capabilities or where we just showed you last year's version and the new one... well we'll tell you about it in 5 years. It's a weapon that we use all the time.
What’s amazing is the fact that the B21 still won’t be replacing the B 52.
Not for at least 20 years
Yup, it's my age 68, remarkable
Sometimes you just can't improve on the better dump truck. 😂😅
...and it is getting new engines! 650 new RR F130 (BR725) will be fitted, redesignating them B-52J
The B-52 warps my understanding of metal fatigue, Didn't Noah load 2 of every animal on a B-52?
It's amazing that the B-52 Stratofortress is 70 years old now and it has outlasted every bomber designed to replace it. The B-52 is currently being upgraded and modernized to take the platform to the 2050's it could be the first aircraft in history to have a 100 year service life.
Um.......
#C47
#DC3
......still in service in many parts of the world.
BUFF. IN. SPAAAAAACE! 😂
Halo may be Infinite, but the BUFF is eternal.
As a "certain" linecrosser would say would say, "The Buff lives forever".
Pretty sure it's going to get to 100 years of service. It's all about payload. It can carry whatever it wants to, unstealthily of course. All weapons it carries would be standoff. Namely, cruise missiles. It just needs to fly close enough to the target. Typically that's 1,300 to 1,500 miles.
The B-21 is both the latest stealth bomber and the world's largest combat drone. It is designed to be used both manned or unmanned.
Yea the video said it’s optionally manned.
Now they need to develop an armored robot or a control mechanism that can sync to a remote pilot, as if he’s right in the cockpit, and he can fly the plane remotely. not simply with a joystick.
I don’t think he caught that part, as they essentially mentioned it in passing. Seems like something he would’ve definitely commented on had he heard it or realized what was said. The fact it can be flown from the ground has to be scary for any adversary. That’s a very menacing characteristic of the deadliest aircraft in existence. They’re currently working on an AI program to add to fighter jets, which will change warfare drastically. An AI “powered” fighter jet will know everything with 100% precision. That’s terrifying. Especially if they decide all humans are enemies 😂
@@clinthowe7629 You don't need that. You tell the B-21 where it needs to be and it goes there.
You send it out with several "loyal wingmen" drone aircraft. They shoot down anything that might attack the B-21 so the bomber can keep going straight to the target.
I'd be curious how long it can reasonably stay aloft assuming unlimited refueling
The original design of the B2 did not have the multi-faceted tail. That was a last minute modification to allow it to operate at low level instead of high altitudes. This was done because Airforce brass didn't trust stealth technology. In fact, the original B2 tail was almost identical to the B21.
This.
Now that stealth is proven, we took the training wheels off to make the B-21.
The F-22 has the radar cross section of a bumble bee.
The more conventional description is that the F-35 has the RCS of a golf ball, and the F-22 has the RCS of a marble
Source: Trust me bro.
But it's a bumble bee that flies at Mach 1.7.
That's at first detection. The closer it gets to the radar, the larger the profile.
@@liberatumplox625 the F-22 has an RCS of 0.0001 meters squared Source Lockheed Martin/Boeing
7 years isn’t a long time in the Avaition defense industry the F-35 was conceived in something like 1995. It went it service in 2015, and won’t be fully capable till Block 4 comes around in 2030. So 35 years.
This is what makes me think these have capabilities similar to the B-2 only cheaper. We are going to eventually need to replace the B-52. This one may actually be it.
@@reidboggs4344 Never! Grandpa Buff will live on for another 1,000 years!
Block 4 is being implemented into F-35 airplanes coming off the line right now.
@@Kaizen_KyranTTV🤣
not fully capable yet after block 1.. it dominated the skies and even air to ground missions.. didn't realize there was somewhat of an endpoint for the 35 as the upgrades to its code etc are always ongoing
If I'm remembering what I read correctly, one of the giant aspects that won the B-21 the contract was the low cost and ease of maintenance. Part of the reason it took so long to develop was because they wanted it to be made from parts of other planes, military and not, so parts would be cheaper and easier to source, since the infrastructure was already built, and parts were already needed for other things, so production could be shared across more airframes.
One of the giant aspects that won the B-21 the contract was politics!
@@bigcountry9457 Well yeah, that's always the case.
Gotta reduce that logistics trail. The real cost of any weapon system is sustainment.
There was also the material science. The new radar absorbent material is SIGNIFICANTLY better. It’s cheap to maintain and can withstand harsh environments like salt air without requiring time and money intensive maintenance.
@@DAAllan82 Ohhh I didn't know that, very cool
as a truck driver who had a very high security clearance and specialized in "sensitive" cargo (past tense ) I once delivered some missiles to a AF tarmac loading directly not an f 117 about a month before it was declassified some one with a lot of medals laughed at me as I was looking and said "shit son we had these in the air in 69 you think the R&D boys have just been sitting around since then you should some of the stuff in the closet"
A lot of military equipment and weapons are classified. Heck most of the stuff they tell us about right now has already been used for 20+years. It’s amazing what they have that the general public don’t know about. Trust me the stuff they show us is old technology. In 20 years they may show us what they are using today.
Starship Enterprise.
I always figured that most ufos weren't of alien origin, but just top of line shit the USA doesn't want anyone knowing about. It's not like you need the ability to ignore gravity to run vtol, active camouflage or rapid acceleration.
The F-117 could not employ missiles, it was a laser guided bombing platform.
In 1972, I was the head of Electronics Maintenance and Repair at an NSA/ASA spy and satellite warfare site.
To this day, no info on that site or mission has ever been released.
I had to swear to not reveal any info on that site and mission for 40 years.
I can only talk about the mission with written permission from NSA. Guess what NSA does not give out?
When they did my clearance background check, as I was in college at that time, they went through my little town of 464 people, talked to just about everyone all the way back to my grade school bus driver.
"It looks the same"... With stealth, what you see and what you get are two very different things.
Best unhealthcare in the world 🌎, Lrasm in the B21 is basically a fleet killer -stealth bomber with stealth missiles
The U.S. spends a ton on healthcare tho
Remember all the flak that the F35 got in the beginning? We are starting to see the plan come together because this thing can unleash all those missiles while the F35 can independently guide all of them to individual targets. They were designed to work in tandem.
@@-scrimWhoosh. Guess what "Un-Healthcare" means just a little bit more...
@@silvertalon007 I don't think you know what the woosh meme is.
@@-scrim and I don't think you get how much that comment is leaning into a Whoosh meme, unless you forgot to elaborate upon something. Either way, don't start arguments.
B-21 just went into small scale production like last week, which is amazing since the project is ahead of schedule and under budget. The first test flights were earlier this year with the first prototypes.
13:00 the B-2 needs air conditioned hangers the B-21 does not.
Do you know how terrifying that one fact is?
@@outcastmoth78kaminski4 plus they are smaller, so they can take off a smaller airfield.
@@apex_blue how low-key horrific would it be if it turned out the Raider [as is Doolittle and his Raiders...] could launch from a super carrier like Enterprise when she launches in a few years...
@@outcastmoth78kaminski4 B-21 rocket assisted takeoff when?
@@outcastmoth78kaminski4 Being serious here, while the B-21’s range is classified. It’s heavily implied that it’s meant to have the range capable of going to China and coming back.
I have seen these stealth aircraft in person and they are extraordinary. In fact, they are spooky and will scare almost anyone. Their black color isn't just dark; there is almost not depth perception. In the air, the planes can turn in such a way as to virtually disappear to the onlooker. These planes are meant to get the job done and are likely to do it.
Right! Its not just black paint. Their coating is very expensive, designed to absorb radar, an segment of electromagnetic waves, similar to visible light.
So this makes sense with its peculiar visual characteristics that make it visually difficult to track
I can guarantee that its the b2 bomber ppl have seen during the 80's-90's that some dumb ass ppl thought it was ufos "aliens" have seen
Yep
There is a video of a B2 doing a flyover a street fair. The thing looked like a hovering silent flying saucer and only made a sound when it was right on top of the person with the camera.
The B-21 isn’t black. It’s a grayish white and is not intended to fly only at night.
"you gotta look cool while you do it."
Bet your ass.
Better yet, the enemy's first idea that you are coming is the loud noise at the target.
The revealing ceremony did not show the back of the plane. That’s why you keep seeing differences in the rendering of the trailing edge of the wing. They only pulled the B21 halfway out of the hanger, and only allowed front view photos at the revealing. That was how they intended to reveal the B2 as well, but a savvy reporter rented a plane, and was able to photograph the B2 from different angles. That’s why they only pulled the B21 partially out of the hanger.
Yeah, the longer they can keep things secret the better.
When we first made supersonic jets we kept the tail sections hidden too. With prop jobs, you could have partial flight controls on the tails. These didn't work well at SS speed.
To make it work, you needed the whole tail to move as one. It would be very obvious how we overcame this problem from a picture, so the tail itself was classified.
I love how we are talking about top secret national defense programs and we want to know the particulars. LOL! On TH-cam, LOL!
I heard china’s bomber drops water balloons 🎈 😅
B-21 just started flying in November. 1 prototype with 6 more in production. I believe it last flew 2 days ago. Should be in service 2025ish.
We really need to Make a successor to the B-1. The B-1 is an absolute monster that has not gotten the love that it deserves.
The B-52 is going to turned into a cruise missile truck and I'm surprised the B-2 wasn't a non stealth supersonic cruise missile truck.
Per the video, this will eventually fully replace the B-1 and the B-2, meanwhile Grandpa Buff will remain until its expected retirement in 2405 after helping the NCC-1701-F on some missions and watching it retire also.
I would love to see existing B1-B's converted to the B1-R concept. Those would be terrifying to the enemy.
I would much rather see a successor to the B-52. I call it the B-53.
It's basically the same plane as the B-52 but around half the size. It carries half the bombs and uses half the crew. Much more modern of course, and easier to maintain.
Since the B-53 is smaller, it can take off from any runway. You don't need a 23 mile long runway or whatever like the B-52.
Since it can take off from anywhere, have them take off much closer to the target. You get faster turnaround, and more bombs on target in a 24 hour cycle.
@@orlock20When you decide to carry cruise missiles, you put 90% of your payload into propulsion, and only 10% into warhead and guidance. The B-21 can put 100% of its payload into warhead and guidance. To put it another way, the 20 B-2s would have the same effect of 200 similar aircraft carrying cruise missiles.
The B-21 took its first official flight a few weeks back. Can’t remember the exact date but some TH-camrs did cover the first flight and there’s video and pictures showing it up in the air. It’s slightly smaller than the B2 Spirit.
Former B52 crew chief at Lackland AFB and I can honestly say I am not surprised that the B52 lives on. Payload is definitely a game changer. The weapons bay is massive.
Watching this stuff in person was probably the best part of the Air Force. It does feel like Star Trek at times.
Nearly every action shot in this was the b2 lol
Well when this video was made the B-21 hasn’t flown yet, so I don’t blame them.
I noticed one of the shots was an a12 too and they kept showing a drone that i cant remember the name of to represent the xian h20, I guess when you dont have footage of the real thing you just gotta find something that looks similar lol
7 years compared to other programs is actually fast for military aircraft manufacturing.
The other advantage of the B-21 is its range. It is supposed to be capable of flying to its target no matter where in the world and part way back without refueling. Where the B-2 has to refuel several times to make it so the enemy can track where the tankers are flying and have a good idea where the B-2 would be.
The B-21 is said to be filled with a bunch or targeting sensors making it a real time scout as well as a bomber.
Yeah there’s no way that is true unless they are talking about forward deployment of them.
Good luck in finding out those details about these bombers! Keep us posted! ❤
The B-21 is not so much an all new platform. Its more so, all the generational updates, manufacturing techniques, and the ability to make several for the price of the original B2. This is important, since it is more advanced in every way, but substantially easier to support, and way less expensive. thus, more numbers, faster production... and its still generations ahead of anything else out there (even from other western nations.) China is and will always be a paper Tiger.
Yeah, the facts come down to the fact that China and Russia, being our nearest competitors as far as possible rivals or enemies are concerned, simply do not have the ability to produce any significant amount of highly advanced items like this. Their corruption runs too deeply and their doctrines are made specifically for conscript wave throwing. They decided not to specialize like Europe and the US. In addition, they simply lack the personnel with experience that we have. The US learned from WWII to get the best minds into their defense sector to always stay ahead. We also learned to know everything down to how many grams of mayo the dictators put on their sandwiches so we can always be overprepared.
While I am not militaristic as a person and would only fight in self-defense, I do give credit where credit is due. The US is extremely good at its job. Between China and Russia, China is probably better. However, our allies are far better than both of them despite their size. In general, a professional military is simply going to be far more effective and have far harder to break morale than an untrained conscript military.
China's J-10 is garbage.China will never catch the US. China has to copy everything, they can't come up with anything homegrown. They have to steal it. That leaves you always behind chasing the leader.
The B21 is not the same airframe as the b2. Its a completely new airframe.
@@bencruz563 I meant platform (known design philosophy) (revisional / generational) upgrade. so to use another metaphor, every time a new mustang comes out, its just upgrades.. every time a new generation comes out. (its redesigned based on feedback /or technology leaps) either production, design, or otherwise.) sorry for confusion.
Point being.. B2 did the heavy lifting so that cost and many other things could be optimized on the B-21.
@@alexellis197 Very well said. I would take a Spartan over a Paper Tiger any day..
Thanks for the look at this.
I will however always have an affinity for the C-130 Hercules.
I maintained the C130 Flight Sim at McChord AFB back in the 1980's while serving in the USAF.
Amazing how much of a flying tank that aircraft was, where it could land and takeoff.
Basically a bunch of military contractors come up with designs and propose it to the military and whoever makes the best case for their plane gets the contract to R&D and build the plane
That's not true at all.
The military starts by pointing out a need. The F-22 can do this and the B-2 can do that, but there's this big capabilities gap RIGHT HERE that we need to fix.
The Air Force makes a list of requirements for the future miracle flying machine, and the defense contractors have their engineers come up with proposals. Eventually they need a working prototype to seal the deal. The requirements for the B-21 are feakishly insane, and a company managed to meet those requirements. Game on.
@protorhinocerator142 "miracle flying machine. " lol. Also, it's the best spot on description ever.
this thing has already flew, but not in service yet.
Second I recommend watching Animarchy History’s video on the B-21. th-cam.com/video/1DdE3N-Kga8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2rrk8UituAovlEWb
The Air Force began planning for the B-21 in 2011 and awarded the major development contract in 2015. The B-21 made its first flight on 10 November 2023. It is expected to enter service by 2027.
It's already in "service".
You really believe that was the first time it flew?? Ok….
Read the article. The U.S. Airforce confirmed that was the second "confirmed" flight of the aircraft. The article also stated that more than likely there have been other unconfirmed flights. Read and don't put words into my statements that are not there. I say what I mean and mean what I say. Have a good day.@@chandlerwhite8302
I would think it was in service we do not get all of the correct info
Besides they do have up
Really Appreciate your "opinions & personal thoughts" on what the States are Showing...Hears a HINT, We Have HAD them for a long while!!!! THANKS Brother from another Mother!
The Government issued a Request For Proposals (RFP), very classified, to the very few firms US who had the wherewithal and facility clearance level to do this. That RFP didn't specify a design, rather it set out the requirements for a LOT of things, but the biggest examples would be bomb load carried, cruising speed, max speed, radar signature, max range, etc. Then they bid, and the bidders will spend millions, maybe tens of millions, on the bid, because if you win the prize is so big. The Northrop design has built in advantages like having no tail - reduces weight and radar signal. Basically the entire plane is creating lift, and carrying engines, fuel, bombs, systems, or pilots. The efficiency leaves more weight carrying to be dedicated to other things, such as fuels and bombs. Super-efficient shape that happens also to be naturally strealthy. When you see a side on shot, it looks like a bird of prey, and the hump mimics their body shape when they are diving on prey.
whats meant by 25 years to build it, refers to all the R&D that went into stealth technology in regards to all stealth, ( mainly by Lockheed Martin Skunkworks),,, , the F-35, the B2 Spirit stealth bomber, and now the B-21
actually the video never said 25 years to build, it said 25 years of dominance...by that it meant in stealth technology and the B-2. prior to the mention of 25 years...they said the B-21 took 7 years to build.
They kind of glossed over it in this one, but the new 'dial a size' nukes you can program to be as small as 5 Megatons and up to 340 Megatons. So a field tactical nuke to a city buster, depending on how the weapons officer programs the bomb. That is mind blowing...
I think you mean kilotons. For example, the b61 "dial-a-yield" is .3kt to 360kt.
@@Iamthelolrus LOL yeah, I saying kiloton in my head and my fingers took over and typed Mega. (rolls eyes). My bad.
@@BackwoodsLaw I've done the same thing.
One of the reasons the B-21 was built to fly unmanned was to extend its range and capability by flying at 60,000+ feet. (Less gas is burned at that altitude.) The bomber is still piloted remotely by B-21 pilots sitting behind a console. (Referred to now as the "Chair Force." I'm told they've enhanced its radar absorbing material (RAM) among other things. Being in the Air Force I regularly flew into Whiteman AFB and saw the B-2 up close and personal (from a couple hundred yards) while my own aircraft was being refueled. I always enjoyed passing through Whiteman AFB for that very reason.
They also stuffed the B-2 with a bunch of targeting sensors making it a real time scout as well as a bomber.
God knows what else they put in them. @@orlock20
Yes, a multi-role platform.@@orlock20
Yes, it is in the actual flight testing phase now. Should be ready for service in 2027 if everything goes well. The U.S is also working with a company called Hermes on the first ever Hypersonic plane called the "Quarterhorse".
So cool, my dad actually works for Orbital ATK under Northop Gruman here in Fort Ashby WV lol
It has a radar cross section the size of a bumblebee
Info is king. The OODA loop -- Observe, Orient, Decide and Act -- is a four-step approach to decision-making that focuses on filtering available information, putting it in context and quickly making the most appropriate decision, while also understanding that changes can be made as more data becomes available.
The tail of the B2 was always supposed to look like the Raider's tail as it is better for radar cross section. The fly-by-wire flight systems at the time of the B2's development weren't advanced enough to reliably control the B2 without the additional control surfaces given by the extra notch in the tail. This was, in part, due to the lack of vertical stabilizer and rudder on the aircraft. Guess they solved that problem...
yes and no. the reason for all of that was all of the additions the air force wanted, and added on. which caused the size of the plane to expand. B-21 was the original design they came up with. without all of the added nonsense Air Force generals added. like low altitude flight, and others.
Jack Northrop was experimenting with flying wing designs back during World War II. Consequently, the company has more experience with that design than any other company in the world.
NGAD has already flown, despite the recent call for proposals on designing it lol.
If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything. Proud to be an American and i have fought with the British in Iraq. Brothers always God Bless
Fun fact: The B-21 Raider is capable of holding over 100 air-to-air missiles as well.
Defense contracts begin with an RFQ. The requirements are provided within the RFQ and competitors are selected based on capabilities. The competing bids are evaluated for quality and cost and the winning bidder is selected.
I’m gonna go ahead and say (given the west’s 50-60 year lead on stealth technology and technological advancements in general) that the b21 is generations ahead of the h-20. Especially given the new reports on the Chinese military.
Doubt the chinese have figured out mid refueling. Thats gonna hamper.any efforts havin to accomdate bigger fuel tanks into an aircraft
@@patient_6925they aren’t even capable of projecting power outside their border, at least at any significant level, so I’d say you’re correct, communism gonna communism
@@patient_6925 i dont think they have any logistical capability... and the corruption is still so bad it outright ruins their capability there.
@@yulfine1688 ahh grorious communism
@@patient_6925 i don't think they're considered communist actually, they're a authoritarian dictatorship, oligarchy also fits along with a corporatists economic system there is no actual communism or technically socialism by their definitions. However they do have some ideals such as access to basic necessities.. sort of not truly how that works but sort of, communism or marxism basically require a classless and money less society.. socialism does not.
I believe it was Ben Rich from Lockheed Martin who said "What ever the US military shows you on T.V ,we are 70 years ahead of that".
In WW1 and WW2, armed suicide drones where called flying torpedoes. The concept is touted as new and a change in modern warfare.
You Are correct Ben Rich wanted to tell you more but could not
The F-35 has a radar crossection the size of a golf ball. The B-2 Spirit has a crossection probably the size of a marble and reduced thermal plume as it can glide to target. The B-21 will most likely have the detective size of a bb. Along with autonomous control, you could pilot a squadron of them and hit simultaneous targets with a single crew...or just a preset mission package.
"Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*!"
I understand your point, but I had to LOL at "as just a boots on the ground Royal Marine Commando". Oh, is THAT all. 🤣
To answer your question at 6:34, the DOD basically announces to the open market that they are going to award a contract to the company with the best pitch based on the requests/specs/price points etc of the DOD. All serious participating companies get money for the R&D as part of the contract competition and make their pitch and the DOD then selects one and awards the actual production contract
Lookin good is always first priority
from what I understand about American War Tech... they use it for 1--15 years, then it "starts" getting leaked out slowly. This B-21 raider was probably used in back in Iraqi Freedom or further back than that.
Companies turn in their designs and cost of building their planes..then the military and government decide on which company gets the contract.
Best of the best "Spirit Aerosystems". Someone better be counting bolts.
Size of golf ball
luckily for radar they know things that fly at 600mph are not golf balls
The change in the shape of the wing is due to having fewer engine exhausts. That triangular edge hides the heat signature of the engines. The B-2 had 4 engine exhausts, the B-21 only has 2. It also has the added advantage of being a better lifting body so less wing is needed to provide lift, further reducing cost and radar cross section. The electronics and communications upgrades are likely akin to the F-16 to F-35 differences. F-35s have networked fire control, target acquisition/ information and C2, F-16s don't. Likewise, B-2s don't have any of those networked information systems (setting as they entered operational status prior to those being developed).
1:17 surprise F/A-XX cameo to the left
... and an RQ-180 flyover above the bomber
My ex wife works for Northrop Grumman. When we were getting divorced she was working on the bid package for the B21. The way it works, is all of the different defense contractors capable of building a platform to the specs the DOD wants, will submit a bid. The government gives 2 or 3 contractors a certain amount of money to produce a prototype, and the government pics the platform that meets the specs. A lot of times the other companies will sue for different reasons etc.
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From someone that worked in a US Federal agency and other family members working at other Federal government agencies, I can tell you that the way contracts are obtained and how government agencies come about choosing which platforms they choose, is nothing like you might think or see as common since choosing of what will be best or better than our opposition.
The contract is basically them showing a proposal of what they will accomplish and at what cost/time frame.
That's the way it starts with concept around needed specs..then prototype..then usually a contest..then production design and production
As the old saying goes "Everyone's gansta until the sky starts missing pixels". The very effect where the B2 looks like a glitch in the sky is just mind blowing. And now the B21 is not only a glitch in the sky, but also visually disappearing... This is just straight UFO stuff.
I think remember hearing something about the B-21 being able to carry Air to Air armament as well.
Electrical engineer here. I admit I don't have military experience or any particular military knowledge, but, as a general principle I don't want to make everything depend on digital assets. Digital is compact and can be powerful, but, people, digital is fragile. If I were an enemy I would focus on disabling the digital functions. (I am sure others have thought of that). My question would be.... can these behemoths glide any distance in the event of loss of power? I have no idea.
Yes it’s out there, running unmanned. The video did not show, that when the B21 is up and flying, there’s multiple drones that surround it
The plane manufacturers have pretty much always done this, but it wasn't public. They are selling a product to the military, they get a development contract (make the thing), show the thing off (video), then get a production contract (equip us with the thing). The money is in the production, development is roughly at cost. There are no guarantees you will get a production contract, but if it is a niche product you are probably gonna get at least a partial contract.
Yeah, they sure did reveal it like that! I sat for an hour and a half waiting for it to be revealed lol!😂
Lastly, the B-21 is currently in production while the earliest airframes are undergoing pre-operational tests. This is very normal, essentially test pilots are making sure everything is working properly and any issues get worked out while the assembly line begins to ramp up so adjustments that are needed can be implemented. The first B-21 to fly was named “Cerberus” - you can find footage of it on TH-cam. You’ll notice a little antenna sticking out of it that you don’t see on the design shown in this video - that’s a sensor for flight data.
These test flights are expected to continue until around 2027, which is a normal - perhaps even ambitious- timeline.
the black bird will always be my favorite stealth plane
It wasn’t stealth - it was just fast as shit 😎.
Imagine Northrup Grumman went from the F4F Wildcat in WW2 to this!! Unreal!!
The B-21 is likely built with more modular components for more seamless integration of updates through its service life.
Also, the F-22 Raptor is the stealthiest aircraft at 0.0001 square meters of RCS. It has an RCS a twentieth that of the B-2, though admittedly, it is a much smaller airframe.
What's awsome is to look at a peregrine falcon in an attack dive mode and the B2 side view very much alike.
They build and use prototypes to show what the options are capable of. They have paperwork explaining performance, costs , maintenance. They show them off and narrow down the options. Multiple airshows for special guests only. Then costs consideration. Boom production. People from the government provide minimum guidelines.
The cost savings is done partly by making the focus of the flight high altitude. Since now it is sole purpose designed to be used from altitude as opposed to low level bombing done by the first generation..The wings had more serrations at the back when it was required to do low level missions
While it’s true that some of the technology is outdated by the time an aircraft enters production, the B-21 is specifically designed to be modular precisely so it can be easily upgraded with state of the art tech.
Also, keep in mind that a lot of the development time includes studies on future warfare and the capabilities needed in from the aircraft by the time it is put into production.
One of the reasons the B-2 was so expensive was they changed it at the last minute. It's subsonic, and it's unarmed and they were worried if anyone saw it and launched planes against it, it would be a sitting duck.
So the designers changed the B2 and added more triangles to add control surfaces--the B2 used to look like the B-21
But the B-21 will carry air to air missiles so it can fight back
The B-21 is likely built with more modular components for more seamless integration of updates through its service life.
Manufacturing processes and materials will have been the biggest upgrades of the last 20 years.
At the 2:40 point in the video, that is the X-47 test demonstrator vehicle. Two were built at a total cost of roughly $2 Billion each
You do amazing videos. Thank you. Keep them coming. ❤
the way to win the contract is basically "this is what we want, how would you solve the problem" and the company that comes up with the cheapest option that is shown through simulations, mathematical proofs, and prototyping to be fully functional with minimal training usually wins
“Anything on the radar private?”
“Nothing sir, just a golf ball at about 50,000 feet going mach2”
The Government makes an announcement of the project with a list of needs in the plane, and then the companies start competing.
You’d be surprised how many “retired” aircrafts are ready to be thrown right back into action if need be as well.
I once participated in a defense contract bid. It was a long time ago, so I don't remember the specific organization. Probably DARPA? Whatever. My experience was they were looking for a personnel carrying design which would fit specific criteria. It had to carry four people, it had to fit in a 53 foot standard semi trailer even if disassembled, and it had to be able to VTOL, and some other things I don't recall. We were designing a craft to that spec, but even if we completed it, we couldn't manufacture it, so we didn't submit a proposal.
If you do get accepted, they work with you directly to produce. I imagine almost all contracts get eaten up by the big defense contractors. Anyway, that's what I know from my limited experience.
The B-21 has already been doing test flights and is actively in the production phase.
The B21 is currently in prototype stage, on the 17th of January it made its second test flight
The B-2 originally had the same tail design of the B-2. The saw tooth tail of the B-2 was added when the US wanted the capability to fly at low altitude. It provided more flaps to allow this. The change to the original design would be an indication that the B-21 will be a high altitude bomber.
I once was on a service call to California. It ended up being the plant where the B2 bomber was produced. In order for me to get in I had to go through a background check. Many don't get approved. While there I was asked if I was interested in a job there. Other than my family was back home and had no interest in moving it likely would have been an interesting job. It's a very secure facility.
Only other cool place I went on a call was the facility that made the main rocket engines for the space shuttle. The day I was there one engine came out the door completed. I got to see that. It was surrounded by security, armed security. Whenever you go to a place like that you don't ask questions other than what you're there for. You also can't walk around without an escort.
First flight: 10 November 2023
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman
Number built: 1
Status: Flight testing
The B21 just had its first flight a few months ago
To answer your question, the B21 has already flown as of November of last year. It is in flight testing stage at present. It will probably be operational within a year.
RSM radar signature of a bumblebee, imagine being a radar operator and see a swarm heading toward you.
The B52 has been around since 1952. Love that plane. Old man strength vibes.
I'm a veteran of the U.S. military and I have also worked security for defense contractors. It's been my understanding that typically when the U.S. reveals to the public it's latest military tech something else even better is already being built and possibly even being tested.