Northrop Grumman will invest $2,5 billion in the production of B-21 Raider strategic bombers.

American defense company Northrop Grumman will invest $2,5 billion of its own money into the production of the B-21 Raider strategic bombers to accelerate the process. $200 billion of this funding is planned to be spent this year.

This statement was made by the representative of the manufacturing company, Katie Worden, during the reporting conference.

The majority of the remaining funds will be invested between 2027 and 2029, primarily in expanding production capacity and infrastructure.

Northrop Grumman's economic performance is currently showing significant growth. This is largely due to the company's focus on developing aerospace production. The B-21 Raider strategic stealth bomber project has become a key one here. This new aircraft is expected to soon serve as the airborne component of the American nuclear triad. Therefore, the project is receiving increased attention from the US military leadership.

In February of this year, the company reached an agreement with the US Air Force to increase production capacity for these aircraft by 25 percent. Northrop Grumman promised the Pentagon to expedite the delivery of the new bombers to the military. They are ready to purchase at least 100 of these combat aircraft. Each one, according to estimates for 2022, cost $692 million. This price includes, in addition to the aircraft itself, personnel training, additional equipment, and much more.

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[SAG]

Northrop Grumman will invest $2,5 billion of its own money into the production of the B-21 Raider strategic bombers to accelerate production. $200 billion of this funding is planned to be spent this year.

I didn't think that everything was new in mathematics too... A new method for calculating Trump's name?

[solar]

Quote: SAG

I didn't think that everything was new in mathematics too... A new method for calculating Trump's name?

More like the name VO...

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

The prospects are not very good, something in return is needed

[bayard]

Serial B-21s will obviously be launched closer to 2030, but the first ones could arrive in 2028.
In our case, it's much more interesting to see how we're doing with the serial production of the S-70 Okhotnik, which is far more interesting for us in the European theater of operations. But for its full use, we need to deploy our broadband satellite constellation.

[Rom8681]

Quote: bayard

In our case, it's much more interesting to see how we're doing with the serial production of the S-70 Okhotnik, which is much more interesting for us in the European theater of operations. But for its full use, we need to deploy our broadband satellite constellation.

They'll say it'll be around 2030, and in 2030 they'll move it up a year, and so on every year, and then they'll say that this project is outdated, we're already developing a new one, something similar, and then...
We won't live long enough, and the storytellers will die, and the very rich ones will die too.
This, I'm talking about the Hunter and the connection, and the rest.

[bayard]

Quote: Rom8681

They will say that around 2030,

Pre-production production of the Okhotnik satellites began at least two years ago; a year ago, there were about two dozen of them. The Rassvet series of communications satellites is already being deployed in orbit. And by 2030, the first stage of deployment of the entire echelon will be completed.

Quote: Rom8681

and then they will say that this project is outdated,

The Okhotnik turned out to have supersonic speed (1500 - 1700 km/h depending on the engine type), and the combat load in the internal weapons compartments was like the Su-57.

Quote: Rom8681

This project is outdated, we are already developing a new, similar one.

New ones are being developed. Faster and more maneuverable unmanned versions of the Su-75. These are more suited for air combat. And the S-70 is a strike aircraft.

Quote: Rom8681

we won't live to see it

We've reached the Su-57 stage. Three regimental sets are currently in service. By the end of this year, their number will exceed one hundred. Annual production is increasing and will continue to do so until the end of the decade. Since last year, Su-57s have been exported. In 2025, six Su-57s, six Su-35SEs, and six Su-34MEs were delivered to Algeria, with the same number expected this year. Algeria has already exercised its option and expanded its order.

Quote: Rom8681

and the storytellers will die,

Everyone will die, there are no immortals.

[Rom8681]

Yeah, nothing left, just drying targets.

[bayard]

The first two-seat Su-57 prototypes are already being assembled. The new version has a wider and more capacious weapons bay and the ability to command and control groups of unmanned attack aircraft (Okhotnik and others). These will likely be mass-produced on the third assembly line, which was completed and installed last year. The second assembly line has been producing products for two years. The first is operating at full capacity. The Su-75 is beginning testing.