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The Pentagon has been operating under temporary funding since October 2023, which has impacted its main acquisition and development programmes, increasing the capability gap between the US and China.

The vulnerability of the high-value B-21 Raider, a $700 million strategic bomber crucial to U.S. national security, to various cost-effective threats is an important point lost on many national security experts.

The Raiders are on their way. The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is supposed to be the US Air Force’s (USAF) next great long-range bomber. If Air Force expectations pan out, a hundred or more of the bombers will join the fleet in the next decades, providing the core of one-third of the nuclear triad and a lethal precision strike capability.

The B-21 Raider will be slotted for hard, first-strike targets where stealth and advanced performance will be key; as far as easier missions in an air superiority/air dominance environment, the B-52 Stratofortress will fill the gap.

Ellsworth AFBs State of the Base, B-1B crash update, successful missions, B-21 Raider preparations, extensive construction, and airmen wellness/community involvement focus.

For the most part, the general public is unaware of the B-21 Raider; no one is pressuring their local congressperson to take a stance on the B-21. It’s just not a controversial issue (like the B-1A, or the F-35). Which means the bomber will likely proceed as planned.

From the Air Force’s B-21 Raider and Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) programs to the Navy’s upcoming F/A-XX fighter design, the services are gearing up to introduce cutting-edge technologies to the combat space before Russia and China do the same. But costs could be a problem. 

The US Air Force has been operating helicopters and combat, ISR, transport and training platforms that have been in service for three decades or more, with 44% of its fleet having already passed its design service life.

Defense undersecretary confirms Northrop Grumman has approval to start making non-test variants of the stealth bomber.

US Air Force awarded the B-21 Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract to Northrop Grumman in 2015. The design was unveiled to the public in February 2016 under the LRS-B programme and has been scheduled to enter service within the next few years.