America's Invisible New Stealth Bomber - The B-21 Raider

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This is the tell all story of the Northrop Grumman (Am I saying that right) story of the B-21. And if your reading this description looking for an easter egg, well you found it. No one reads this anymore, they just watch the videos and pay no attention to a grumpy old man behind the channel. I'm not even THAT old, compared to you legends who actually served back when men where men and it wasn't computer drones doing all the fighting.

But anyway I don't mean to romatise war, how could I? the most close I've gotten to a battlefield is one on the computer in 2142. Remeber that game? damn what happened to EA. Anyway, the rest of this will be SEO stuff to try and beat other channels covering this topic. I hope you enjoy and I thank you so much for watching my little video from me :)

Oh and tell me you read this by writing a comment to me, I bet you will confuse a whole bunch of people...

And who knows, maybe I'll rant again in the future.

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Now fascinating, the real life version that was revealed was actually painted white - or so what we are lead to believe. it might be the paint, or perhaps a state of the art camoflage material that is the next generation coating for military aircraft - like we saw with the chrome raptor

Plus there are no visible seams on the aircraft shown in the unveiling ceremony, possibly suggesting a new advanced material that allows sensors, communication antennas and air data systems to be built directly into the airframe.

This stealth bomber also has a fully digital platform - meaning all the components can be swapped out and upgraded. No decade refurbishments or advancements, but simple updates are added every now and again.

We also didn't see the back of the plane, so the propulsion is practically unknown. While it is very strongly hinted that it has two engines fed by the two dorsal intakes - its not out of the question that there are four engines. Everything about this jet is classifed

Now your probabley wondering - nick, why on earth is the US military even showing the world this new aircraft if its supposed to be a classified stealth bomber? Well its because of the New START treaty signed with Russia. If a new nuclear capable strategic bomber enters the game, disclosure is needed - in fact Russia could even demand to see the plane at the base under the rules. And if we are telling russia might as well let the public know too.

Although we can't rule out that its a great opportunity for America to simple roll out some badass plane and show the world they are still mighty.

The best part is, this jet is cheap. At $692 million per plane, its the cheapest new bomber for America in a long time, and employing well over 5,000 new engineers to build the 100 strong fleet, its a fantastic push for the world of aviation.

[dr.j]

It has half the payload, but it comes at 25% the cost of the B2 in 2022 dollars. So, for the same cost ($2 billion), you get double the payload, and 4 times the planes, which makes the platform a lot more expendable.

[danmcbride]

I am happy to see the similar but smaller shape. The improvements in the outer coating is key.

[RReese]

From what I've read, the big advantage that Northrup-Grumman had over the Lockheed-Martin team was that the roots for what would be the B-21 go all the way back to the 1980s when N-G was developing its design for the Advanced Technology Bomber that would become the B-2. Initial US Air Force requirements called for a high-altitude long-range stealth bomber, which N-G went to work on and supposedly either was close to fully developing or close to it when the USAF changed its requirements to a low-altitude stealth design. Northrup-Grumman switched gears to produce the B-2 Spirit, and the rest is history. But it apparently kept all of its design, research and manufacturing resources for the high-altitude bomber safely stored away in anticipation of the day when it may be useful. Which it did. The B-21 is basically Northrup-Grumman's first ATB design but further refined and engineered for its 21st century mission. Prototypes of both the Lockheed-Boeing and Northrup-Grumman bombers may have been in the air approximately 2017 or so in a flyoff competition for the USAF contract - as the one image of a blurry high-altitude object shows in the video. With Northrup-Grumman winning, finalizing all the engineering, design and manufacturing to produce the first pre-production example didn't take long at all, thanks to all the data they had in hand from 40 years earlier. I think the B-21 looks awesome, but the official rollout this past Friday unfortunately didn't tell its whole story - as intended. The rock show lighting and staging was intentionally both overdone and underwhelmed to intentionally obscure the new bomber's exact features. And its white-ish appearance may in fact be the result of intentional overlighting to obscure its exact coloration. In fact, all the windows on the B-21 appear to have been blacked out to prevent anybody from seeing what's inside. I've read comments in other channels that the B-21 shown on Friday was just a mockup - which is entirely false. Yes, one or more mockups do exist (somewhere) to for design and engineering purposes. But this was the real deal, because to present anything else would just undermine what the "show" was about - a calling card to both Russia and China that their own bombers aren't even in the same league as the B-21. In fact, thanks to Western sanctions that Russia has relied upon for needed technology for its own weapons systems, it may be a very long time before the PAK-DA ever takes off or even be able to taxi down a runway. And China's H-20 still hides behind a sheet and probably won't fly before the B-21 enters service in just a few years. Thanks for the video and keep up the good work!

[manofcultura]

There’s two reasons it’s smaller. The kind of engines that achieve the amazing efficiencies the B21 is rumored to have peak in efficiency at a certain thrust; so if you design a bomber around that thrust you get a weight lighter than the b2.

Second, certain radars at low frequencies are great at picking up stealth. The problem with such radars is the probability of detection goes down dramatically if the aircraft in question is physically smaller than a certain ratio of the wavelength.

With those two things in mind it makes sense why the b21 is the size it is.

[SnowmanTF]

Northrup-Grumman actually does a surprising amount of subcontracted manufacturing of components for planes known under other brand names, so even if there would not be any planes with their name front and center, they would be unlikely to be out of military or civil aviation manufacturing entirely

[BraeburnTV]

I can’t wait to see NGAD. Also, I wonder if the B-21 could conceivably carry a bunch of AIM-260’s and fly in formation with networked 4th and 5th Gen fighters. So instead of Raptor having 6 BVR missiles, they could now fire dozens from someone else’s plane, missile-truck style

[gunner]

The thing that impressed me the most was how smooth it is. If you look at the B2, you can see all sorts of little lines and features, but you see none of that on the B21. To me, that would imply a significantly improved stealth characteristics

[FoundAndExplained]

Now by golly your thinking. Gee Nick, how... did you make this so fast? Thats the wrong question. Rather... how did I get such an accurate 3d model for a plane no one has seen? ;) How do I get any of my information? Thats why you come here, thats the Found and Explained difference ;)

[Jedi.Toby.M]

I've been told lately I'm old, I'm a fan of that swing wing B-1, a few days ago I'd tell you nothing could surpass the lines and look of the Lancer...then we all saw the Raider. It's a deadly good looking aircraft. Absolute love your work mate! Cheers

[Zackman]

It always gets me excited to see a brand new aircraft getting built, either for commercial use or for the military.

[jmcnutt]

Grandpa helped with b2 project and brings a tear to my eye that one of the best stealth planes keeps its legacy and my grandpa was a part of a great thing and im so proud R.I.P

[x]

The original B2 spirit was such a badass, but the real standout feature for this new generation seems to be versality, and taking advantage of an upgrade in tech. You dont need tons of bombs if you know exactly where to drop them. I think this is a good move and I can see why this went to NG.

[Daehawk]

When the last B-21 retires there'll be a B-52 there to fly the crew home.

[DOSFS]

Add that B-21 also has electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).

Including with possible ability to control drones and other planes' missiles. B-21 can do a lot even air to air if USAF really need it from the backline as the official said B-21 is a quarterback.

[Gyyghhhhjjjkk]

Easier to maintain and more stealthy but less payload. I can live with that

[tylerlange]

7:48‐7:58. This 10 seconds sums up at least 60 years of USAF history. Love it. Very well done.

[DefinitelyNotEmma]

Amazing 3D model.
Funny that this is the most detailed look we have on the aircraft yet.
Awesome work

[dewlittle]

My biggest concern is that their is supposed to be more of them than the B2. The F22 was supposed to a fleet of 750, and we all know how that went.

[suitbanter]

I guess you could say *the Boeing-Lockheed proposal was a little under the radar*

[Western_]

"Hey where did the Three Gorges dam go?"

**B-21 Raider trying to sneak away with a Three Gorges dam shaped stomach**