StoleIt Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Northrop beats out Lockheed/Boeing. https://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/10/27/northrop-grumman-wins-usaf-bomber-contract/74661394/ 1
Warrior Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Well at least we're not leasing them. Maybe no one will go to jail (like Darlene druyen) and this contract will stick with Northrop. Serious question: what's the break even cost point at which survivable manned bombers are no longer worth it compared to cruise missiles. I'm sure someone on staff somewhere has crunched those numbers.
Disco_Nav963 Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Deptula crunched just that number in this White Paper. (I haven't read it yet, but I saw it sitting on a colleagues desk a few weeks ago.)
SurelySerious Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Well at least we're not leasing them. Maybe no one will go to jail (like Darlene druyen) and this contract will stick with Northrop. Serious question: what's the break even cost point at which survivable manned bombers are no longer worth it compared to cruise missiles. I'm sure someone on staff somewhere has crunched those numbers. I'm sure that paper covers the issues of getting your cruise missiles close enough to launch so they don't need to be viper-sized.
Fuzz Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Well at least we're not leasing them. Maybe no one will go to jail (like Darlene druyen) and this contract will stick with Northrop. Serious question: what's the break even cost point at which survivable manned bombers are no longer worth it compared to cruise missiles. I'm sure someone on staff somewhere has crunched those numbers.Well bombers can still reasonably make it to a target when GPS gets jammed, can't say the same for cruise missiles. 1
B52gator Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Well here it is...The B-21. Looks like B-2 2.0 Sec Deb is taking suggestions for the name. Hopefully it is something a little tougher than "Spirit" https://www.defensenews.com/story/breaking-news/2016/02/26/b-21-bomber-air-force-lrsb/80976160/ Edited February 26, 2016 by b52gator
hispeed7721 Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Well here it is...The B-21. Looks like B-2 2.0 Sec Deb is taking suggestions for the name. Hopefully it is something a little tougher than "Spirit" I think it literally is B-2.1...no imagination from whoever comes up with these haha Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
FUSEPLUG Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 4 hours ago, b52gator said: Well here it is...The B-21. Looks like B-2 2.0 Sec Deb is taking suggestions for the name. Hopefully it is something a little tougher than "Spirit" "B-21 Trump" Because even if you ignore it, it's not going away. 1
Guardian Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Wonder if they will give this one auto throttles? Seems like something you would want for an airplane that flies around the world non stop to go to war........
B52gator Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 18 minutes ago, Guardian said: Wonder if they will give this one auto throttles? Seems like something you would want for an airplane that flies around the world non stop to go to war........ Or a Voice Activated Throttle System (VATS) like on the BUFF. 3
Breckey Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 As in "power up" or "torque down" we have that too. Sometimes it doesn't work well or not at all.
Napoleon_Tanerite Posted February 27, 2016 Posted February 27, 2016 2 hours ago, b52gator said: Or a Voice Activated Throttle System (VATS) like on the BUFF. I heard "GO YOU FAT BASTARD!" is the command for setting TRT... can anyone confirm? 2
Prosuper Posted February 27, 2016 Posted February 27, 2016 Maybe it will have the HAL 2000, how about a nice game of chess?
B52gator Posted February 27, 2016 Posted February 27, 2016 3 hours ago, Breckey said: As in "power up" or "torque down" we have that too. Sometimes it doesn't work well or not at all. Hal Hornburg flew with us back when he was ACC CC. He had zero knowledge of the BUFF so we messed with him a bit. The throttle cables run right above the Radar Nav and Nav's head downstairs. When he flew with us the pilots showed him the amazing technology that was the VATS. I think I've told this story before here on BO, but anyway he's up in the IP seat and the pilots are telling him about VATS and he's completely perplexed when the AC says throttle up on 4-8. Throttles move forward, speed increases, Hal is beside himself. The demo goes on in various ways for about 15-20 mins. It was a good flight. 3
SuperWSO Posted February 27, 2016 Posted February 27, 2016 10 hours ago, xaarman said: B-21 Spirit II It's a typo, they left out the decimal. It's a B-2.1 1
HU&W Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 On 2/26/2016 at 10:37 AM, xaarman said: B-21 Spirit II At least they're acknowledging in the name that it's a replacement for the B-2, not the B-52.
GrndPndr Posted March 1, 2016 Posted March 1, 2016 Do I still have to worry about getting electrocuted with the new one?
B52gator Posted September 20, 2016 Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) Well they gave her a name. The B-21 Raider...I can get behind that. https://www.popsci.com/air-forces-newest-bomber-is-b-21-raider Edited September 20, 2016 by b52gator
JarheadBoom Posted September 20, 2016 Posted September 20, 2016 I guess they didn't like my suggestion of B-21 Moneypit. Bummer. 1
guineapigfury Posted September 20, 2016 Posted September 20, 2016 After Sully, Castaway and Apollo 13 I suspect we won't be naming any aircraft after a Tom Hanks movie anytime soon.
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