More Details Emerge On What The U.S. Air Force's B-21 Bomber May Look Like

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Tyler Rogoway, The Warzone/The Drive: The B-21's Three Decade Old Shape Hints At New High Altitude Capabilities

Northrop Grumman seems to have gone "back to the future" with their next generation stealth bomber design, and that's actually really exciting.

Detailed information on the B-21 Raider is still scarce to say the least, but for over a year and a half we have had a rendering supposedly depicting the multi-role strategic stealth platform's basic shape and features. Recently, other simple planform renderings have trickled out from the marketing department of the stealth bomber's manufacturer, Northrop Grumman. Although there can be no doubt that the aircraft will feature a whole slew of cutting edge technologies, will be constructed using the latest manufacturing techniques, and will be covered in the most advanced radar absorbent coatings, the general configuration of the aircraft doesn't seem to be new at all, in fact it appears to date back over three decades to the dawn of the stealth bomber revolution.

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