Developed by Northrop Grumman at Melbourne Orlando International Airport, the B-21 Raider bomber received a $4.5-billion U.S. Air Force funding boost.

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The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman are working to accelerate the production and the delivery of the B-21 Raider, with the first bomber arriving at Ellsworth next year. The Department of the Air ...

The Air Force is taking a big step forward with the B-21 Raider as it seeks to hasten delivery of the service’s next-generation stealth bomber fleet.

The B-21 Raider is being sold as the future of American airpower, but its real meaning for U.S. strategy can be distilled into two words: “too late.” The aircraft is designed to make sure those words ...

Key Points and Summary - An internal Air Force memo from the outgoing commander of Global Strike Command, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, recommends the B-21 Raider be crewed by one pilot and one Weapon Systems ...

The official target size of the future B-21 Raider fleet remains 100 aircraft, despite an announcement that production of the stealth bomber is expanding, a U.S. Air Force official has confirmed to ...

The US Air Force is expanding B-21 Raider production capacity by 25% with $4.5 billion in funding, targeting faster delivery ...

The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman are nearing an agreement to speed up ...

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 ...

Northrop Grumman expects to receive its next production contract for the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber sometime before the end of this year. At present, Northrop is working through a flight-testing ...