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Air Force Looks to Increase B-2 Mission Readiness with Cockpit Display Upgrade

Frank Wolfe

Friday, October 23rd, 2020

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Air Force Looks to Increase B-2 Mission Readiness with Cockpit Display Upgrade

The U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber (Air Force Photo)

A U.S. Air Force official said that availability of B-2 stealth bombers has been increasing, as the service looks to increase the mission readiness of the service's 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2s with a cockpit display upgrade. The service has requested $156 million for the program in fiscal 2021. "With the B-2 Spirit, we have a number of modernization efforts underway with the largest program, the replanned B-2 display modernization program, moving forward," Air Force Brig. Gen. John Newberry, the…

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