[BenLurkin]

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[SIDENET]

Heck of a secret!

[Yo-Yo]

Crude drawing:

[G Larry]

In 1975 I worked for Boeing at VAFB, CA and was first in line for layoff.

I was offered a position in Lancaster to work on the B-1.

As a 21 yr. old single guy, that didn’t sound very appealing, so I declined and focused on college until I landed a job w Martin Marietta.

[Don Corleone]

Not a big fan of Northrop. Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed always felt better under my a$$.

[Ken H]

“A top secret desert assembly plant...”

Not no more it ain’t.

[gaijin]

The original design of the B2 was very similar to this new bomber, however at the last minute the Air Force added the additional requirement of low-level penetration.

that’s why it’s trailing-edge featured those extra set of ji-jags.

This tells me the new bomber is probably not designed for low-level penetration.

[njslim]

If its a sektit why are they talking about it.....??

[sphinx]

The plane will be operated either by an onboard crew or autonomously, the report said. Without a crew, the bomber could linger much longer over targets,

Are there two different versions of the plane, or can the same plane be flown either way? If it's the same plane, why would the presence of a crew limit its loiter time?

[Parley Baer]

So Northrop finally gets to build the flying wing. When was the first one built? 1947?

[EveningStar]

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[hattend]

Must not be too “Top Secret” if we know where the plant is and what is being built inside.

[hattend]

Having nukes on a crew-less plane. What could possibly go wrong?

[Psalm 73]

Payload for our new bomber?

B-52 = 70,000 lbs
B-1B = 75,000 lbs
B-2 = 40,000 lbs

More is better.

[rmlew]

How long until USB sticks start appearing all over this town?