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Since the aircraft's unveiling, numerous reports have claimed that the B-21 Raider could have a radar signature as small as an "insect."

The U.S. Air Force's B-21 Raider, built by Northrop Grumman, has taken its first flight at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, where it has been under development as the sixth-generation nuclear-capable stealth bomber. The Air Force plans to order 100 B-21 bomber aircraft with long-range and mid-air refueling capabilities to bring conventional and nuclear weapons to U.S. forces worldwide.

Each aircraft to cost $550m in 2010 dollars, or about $750m in todays inflation-adjusted dollars

US Air Force's new B-21 Raider "flying wing" bomber takes first flight 

By Mike Stone and David Swanson (Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force's B-21 "Raider" bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the ne...

By Mike Stone and David Swanson (Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force's B-21 "Raider" bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the ne...

Air Force plans to buy at least 100 of the planes and begin to replace B-1 and B-2 bombers

By Mike Stone and David Swanson (Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force's B-21 "Raider" bomber shaped like a flying wing took its first flight on Friday, the ne...

The B-21 Raider was captured on video making its first test flight on Friday.

The B-21 left Northrop's facility at the Air Force's Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, at sunrise and took off at 6:51 a.m.