The pictures have been launched throughout Gen. Brown’s keynote speech on the 2023 Air, Area & Cyber Convention.
The U.S. Air Drive launched in the present day two new photos of the B-21 Raider bomber, together with one from a beforehand unseen angle outdoors the hangar. The pictures have been launched throughout the keynote speech of the Chief of Employees of the Air Drive, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. on the 2023 Air, Area & Cyber Convention, the place he highlighted the B-21 Raider for example of profitable design implementation for the Air Drive underneath “Motion Order D” of his objective to Speed up Change.
Gen. Brown’s “Speed up Change or Lose” strategic method, launched in 2020, consists of 4 motion orders: Airmen, Paperwork, Competitors and Design Implementation. The latter, cited in the present day by Gen. Brown, says the Air Drive must know easy methods to adapt to adjustments and have to be prepared for future funds constraints by creating an inexpensive, analytically defensible and Congressionally-supported drive construction.
Throughout his keynote speech at #AFASeptember @GenCQBrownJr highlighted the B-21 Raider for example of profitable design implementation for the @usairforce underneath “Motion Order D” of his objective to #AccelerateChange. pic.twitter.com/n9KVi8cPlD
— U.S. Air Drive (@usairforce) September 12, 2023
The images present the Raider getting ready for the next phases of testing, with Edwards Air Drive Base’s ED markings on the primary touchdown gear doorways, an air knowledge probe and a few black patches that could possibly be both sensors or fiducial markers for flight testing. Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, Commander of the Air Drive World Strike Command, stated that engine runs are presently in progress at Northrop Grumman’s amenities at Air Drive Plant 42 in Palmdale, with the primary flight anticipated by the top of calendar yr 2023.
The brand new images additionally provide for the primary time a glimpse of the flight management surfaces, with three units distributed alongside the wing’s trailing edge. The three-quarter view reveals a lateral profile similar to the B-2 Spirit, which shall be changed by the Raider. Different markings, just like the no step writings, ejection seat cutouts and hazard stencils, have additionally been added.
B-21 Raider rollout pic December, 2022 vs July, 2023
One thing tells me that with this paint, it’s going to be exhausting to identify from the bottom when it’s at altitude.
(through Dvidshub & @beverstine) pic.twitter.com/1Ch7wgxlk7
— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) September 12, 2023
Stefano D’Urso is a contract journalist and contributor to TheAviationist based mostly in Lecce, Italy. A graduate in Industral Engineering he is additionally learning to realize a Grasp Diploma in Aerospace Engineering. Digital Warfare, Loitering Munitions and OSINT methods utilized to the world of navy operations and present conflicts are amongst his areas of experience.
