Kris Osborne, National Interest: Northrop Grumman's New B-21 Stealth Bomber: A Technological Powerhouse?
The new stealth U.S. Air Force B-21 bomber has taken yet another key technological step toward being ready for war, through integrated computer automation designed to streamline information, improve targeting and offer pilots organized warzone information in real-time.
Air Force and Northrop Grumman developers recently completed an essential software-empowered process intended to bring greater levels of information processing, data management and new measures of computerized autonomy, according to published statements from Air Force Acquisition Executive Dr. William Roper.
Through virtualization and software-hardware synergy, B-21 sensors, computers, and electronics can better scale, deploy and streamline procedural functions such as checking avionics specifics, measuring altitude and speed and integrating otherwise disparate pools sensor information. In effect, it means war-sensitive sensor, targeting, and navigational data will be managed and organized through increased computer automation for pilots to make faster and more informed combat decisions.
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WNU Editor: There is a lot of hype behind this bomber. They better deliver.
Well, every time there are a "lot of new things" problems are coming quickly. That said, I trust more Northrop Grumman than Lockheed. That's just a little bit more expensive.
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