Any decision to accelerate B-21 production will require Northrop Grumman to boost investment - ExchangeMonitor

Air Force Global Strike Boss: Second B-21 to Fly ‘Shortly’

A second B-21 bomber will fly soon, and production increases are a recognition of a changing global environment and the important of long-range strike, according to Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, head of Air Force Global Strike Command. “We should see the second developmental test bird fly shortly,” Bussiere said in July 25 interview with Air & Space Forces Magazine. It has been 20 months since the first B-21 flew in November 2023, and Northrop Grumm…

Any decision to accelerate B-21 production will require Northrop Grumman to boost investment - ExchangeMonitor

If the Pentagon decides to increase production of the U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber it will require further investment by Northrop Grumman, which expects higher returns for early production aircraft, CEO Kathy Warden said Tuesday. Those investments would be on top of a $226 million pre-tax charge Northrop Grumman incurred in the first quarter of 2025 stemming in part from a manufacturing process change to set the foundation to increas…