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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.

The first B-21 is now flying test sorties from Edwards Air Force Base, where it arrived after its maiden flight late last year.

The second acknowledged test of the B-21 came 68 days after the first flight from the public airport in Palmdale, California.

A second confirmed flight took place on Wednesday.

The B-21 Raider was developed to be the multifunctional backbone of the modernized bomber fleet, gradually replacing the aging B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit bombers now in service.

The B-21 flew to the California location in November 2023 and has since carried out an undisclosed number of test flights.

The B-21 flew to the California location in November 2023 and has since carried out an undisclosed number of test flights.

The B-21 flew to the California location in November 2023 and has since carried out an undisclosed number of test flights.

The B-21 flew to the California location in November 2023 and has since carried out an undisclosed number of test flights.

Faced with an expected influx of testing with current infrastructure and staff maxed out, Edwards AFB aims to reinvent itself.