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B-21 to Incorporate Advances in Low-Observable Maintenance

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, March 21st, 2023

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B-21 to Incorporate Advances in Low-Observable Maintenance

The U.S. Air Force, DoD officials and Northrop Grumman participated in an unveiling of the B-21 Raider on Dec. 2, 2022 in Palmdale, Calif. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider is to incorporate advances in low-observable (LO) maintenance to ensure the next generation bomber is ready to fly consistently when it reaches the field in the coming years, a top U.S. Air Force official said this week. "I'm very confident that industry is learning the lessons over time," Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the commander of Pacific Air Forces, told a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies forum on March 20 in response to a…

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