Boeing Awarded A Patent For Turning The B-1B Into A Gunship

Boeing just patented a way to install a belly gun on a B-1B. pic.twitter.com/GKaRuwA0ho

— Stephen Trimble (@FG_STrim) May 10, 2018

Warzone/The Drive: Boeing's Been Granted A Patent For Turning The B-1B Into A Gunship Bristling With Cannons

The patent includes various concepts that would allow multiple cannon configurations to be uploaded into the B-1's weapons bays.

A B-1B Lancer 'gunship' may sound like something a kid doodles on his desk during a 4th-grade math class, but Boeing has actually been awarded a patent for just that.

U.S. Patent 9,963,231 B2 was awarded on May 8th to Boeing. It depicts a number of cannon configurations that can be stowed in a B-1B's weapons bays and extended down outside of those bays for use. Our good friend and marvelous patent sleuth Stephen Trimble of Flightglobal.com was the first to find the patent.

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WNU Editor: They are not going to convert the B-1B into a gunship, but the concept is interesting.