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The B-21 Raider: A Game-Changer in Modern Warfare 🚀 The B-21 Raider, developed by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. Air Force, is poised to redefine strategic military aviation. Here's why this stealth bomber is a significant asset: 1. **Stealth Power**: Designed to elude sophisticated air defenses, the B-21 enhances the U.S.'s ability to operate in contested airspace. 2. **Global Reach & Payload**: With its long range, the B-21 can strike globally without refueling. Its substantial payload for both conventional and nuclear weapons amplifies the U.S.'s strike capabilities. 3. **Nuclear Deterrence**: As part of the nuclear triad, it bolsters nuclear deterrence, ensuring a credible response to threats. 4. **Versatility**: Adaptability is key; the B-21 is equipped for various missions, including precision strikes, surveillance, and electronic warfare. 5. **Advanced Technology**: Incorporating cutting-edge technology, it keeps the U.S. at the forefront of military aviation. 6. **Cost-Effective**: The B-21 balances advanced capabilities with cost-effectiveness, ensuring sustainable long-term operation. 7. **Supporting Defense Industry**: Its development fosters technological growth and sustains critical skills in the aerospace and defense sectors. The B-21 Raider represents a strategic leap in the U.S. Air Force's capabilities, enhancing global power projection, maintaining nuclear deterrence, and showcasing technological prowess in an economically feasible package. #B21Raider #MilitaryInnovation #Aerospace #Defense #StategicCapabilities

What You Need to Know About the B-21 Raider Benefitting from more than three decades of strike and stealth technology innovation, the B-21 is the next evolution of the U.S. Air Force strategic bomber fleet and the world’s first sixth-generation aircraft to reach the skies. When it comes to delivering America’s resolve, the Raider will provide the Air Force with long range, high survivability and mission payload flexibility. The B-21 will penetrate the toughest defenses for precision strikes anywhere in the world. Here is what you need to know about Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider as it continues flight test. https://lnkd.in/ekqZnFVc

Inside the cockpit of the #a10 Thunderbolt II, a realm where grit meets skill, the pilot’s hand signal cuts through the silence—a silent command etched in the language of the skies. With a decisive maneuver, it banks hard, breaking from formation with the ferocity of a predator. This moment, a testament to the Thunderbolt’s raw power and unmatched agility, showcases the dance of combat air support, where every turn is a declaration of dominance. Here, the A-10 doesn’t just fly; it asserts its legacy as the guardian of ground forces, a behemoth in the air, carving its path with precision and might. 🎥: PATRIOT OPS Northrop Grumman

" Flight Friday - Jetting into the Weekend" this week, features Jet Engines! Here's 2 of the eight Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3 engines that power the Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, here pictured at The Royal International Air Tattoo 2023 based at the The 2nd Bomb Wing from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana U.S. The USAF is re-engining its B-52 fleet under the Commercial Engine Re-engining Program (CERP) with the Rolls-Royce F130 powerplant. The re-engined B-52 fleet is expected to achieve initial operational capability by 2025, offering increased economy / extended range along with heavily reduced emissions Due to an extensive system and structural upgrades, its service life is expected to continue beyond 2040 with re-engined upgraded aircraft designated as B-52Js. In service since 1955, this will equate to 85 years in operation which proves just how effective this iconic platform has performed and continues to do so. Broder Aerospace are a UK based RTX QDL approved supplier of raw materials to Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace - Cage Code U1NL5 Image Credit: Our Director, William Chisholm ADS Group Ltd North West Aerospace Alliance WEAF Team Hellios Information JOSCAR Member #defenceindustry #aerospaceengineering #aerospacemanufacturing #steelandalloys

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is indeed one of the world's most advanced and largest aircraft carriers. Here are some key features and facts about the USS Gerald R. Ford: 1. **Size**: The USS Gerald R. Ford is the lead ship of the Ford-class of aircraft carriers and is the largest aircraft carrier ever built. It measures over 1,100 feet (337 meters) in length. 2. **Advanced Technology**: It incorporates advanced technology, including the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for launching aircraft and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) for aircraft recovery. These systems are more efficient and reduce stress on aircraft. 3. **Increased Aircraft Capacity**: The Ford-class carriers have an increased aircraft capacity compared to their predecessors, allowing them to carry more aircraft, including the F-35C Lightning II, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and other aircraft. 4. **Enhanced Defensive Systems**: The carrier features modern defensive systems and enhanced survivability measures to protect against a variety of threats. 5. **Nuclear Power**: Like other U.S. aircraft carriers, the USS Gerald R. Ford is nuclear-powered, providing it with an extended range and the ability to operate continuously without refueling for many years. 6. **Crew and Complement**: It has a crew complement of around 4,600 personnel, including both sailors and aviators. The USS Gerald R. Ford represents a significant advancement in naval aviation and power projection capabilities. It plays a crucial role in U.S. military strategy and is designed to support a wide range of missions, including air superiority, power projection, and sea control. https://lnkd.in/guRscNym

The USN F/A18 Super Hornet 6GEN replacement requirements laid out to inlcude; "operational reach, capacity, long-range kill chains, autonomy, and next-generation survivability as key enablers in the Air Wing of the Future and supporting Family of System.” From an AAR point of view it will be interesting to see deployment / evolution / replacement of the MQ25 Stingray (VUQ-10) to be part of the supporting Family of Systems and if that runs alongside / compare to the USAF Next-Generation Air-Refueling System (NGAS)

Northrop Grumman has announced that the company will not compete for the US #AirForce’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (#NGAD). Without it, only Boeing and Lockheed Martin are now standing (and my two cents, Lockheed will win). The Air Force recently announced it would select a contractor for NGAD in 2024. Northrop Grumman is however open to competing in a future #Navy sixth-generation fighter program (F/A-XX effort). While the NGAD should replace the F-22, the #FAXX is meant to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The NGAD is expected to cost “multiple hundreds of millions” per airframe. The fiscal 2024 budget request calls for $1.93 billion in RDT&E spending, a total that will rise to $16.2 billion over the next five years. To give some context, the F-35 had an acquisition cost of $233 billion and a projected lifetime operations and maintenance costs of more than $1.7 trillion. The then-Air Force Secretary in 2015 stated that they will leverage the lessons learnt with the development of the F-35, namely “never again should we be flying an aircraft while we’re building it”. This would avoid going back and making changes to planes that were already assembled, adding to overall costs.

On 1 July, Lockheed Martin’s famed #SkunkWorks division shared an unknown aircraft outline as part of their 80th anniversary media….and the internet went crazy. Could it be? A teaser of the forthcoming Next Generation Air Dominance fighter? Perhaps. Earlier this year in May, SECAF Public Affairs announced that the United States Air Force had begun proposal requests for the 6th generation #NGAD fighter. That contract award is intended for 2024 and will eventually replace the F-22. But what exactly is this next-gen “fighter”? While much remains unknown, many believe that the airframe will trade extreme maneuverability for optimized: ▪️RANGE ▪️PAYLOAD ▪️STEALTH As Tyler Rogoway / The War Zone points out here (https://lnkd.in/gJxe-8FB), the NGAD mission is to “fight as part of a highly integrated, deep-penetrating team of systems over great distances”. Welcome to #SpectralWarfare. You will not SEE it. You will not HEAR it. But you will most certainly FEEL it. #Stealth #Aviation #AirSuperiority #AimHigh

With Lockheed Out, Airbus Offering A330 MRTT To USAF Airbus will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 recapitalization program on its own without prior partner Lockheed Martin, offering its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) for the competition. Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 23 that it would not pursue the Air Force’s KC-135 replacement program following the release of a request for information (RFI) and requirements last month. Lockheed Martin and Airbus had teamed up on the LMXT, with Lockheed as the prime, first for the KC-Y bid and then for the KC-135 replacement. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/dDruxF_Y #AviationTalk #aviationnews #avgeek #aviation #aviationindustry

IMPORTANT MILESTONE ACHIEVED!!! Check out this amazing video of the testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on John F. Kennedy (#CVN79).