The U.S. Air Force expects first flight of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider in 2022, as the service moves to lighten the training road for crew members of the new stealth bomber, which is to have a unit cost not to exceed $550 million in base year 2010 dollars--about $650 million today. The Air Force had said that the earliest possible first flight date for the bomber was December 2021. "We expect a first flight somewhere in '22, no…
