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Air Force

B-2 Program Says It’s Fielding Spirit Realm 1 Open Mission Systems Architecture

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

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B-2 Program Says It’s Fielding Spirit Realm 1 Open Mission Systems Architecture

On April 15, 12 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers with the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo. took to the air to cap off the annual Spirit Vigilance exercise, the Air Force said (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Officials with the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 program said that they are moving to field the Spirit Realm 1 (SR 1) open mission systems architecture for the stealth bomber, which had its flight debut on July 17, 35 years ago. "SR 1 provides mission critical capability upgrades to the communications and weapons systems via an open mission systems architecture, directly enhancing combat capability and allowing the fleet to initiate a new phase of agile software releases,"…

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