B-21 ‘Bomber on a budget’

An artist rendering of a B-21 Raider concept in a hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. (Courtesy graphic by Northrop Grumman)

Even in the era of DOGE, President Donald J. Trump is doubling down on American investment in sixth-generation aircraft.  The Air Force F-47 fighter and a new Navy carrier plane will restock American airpower.  While air dominance is priceless, the fact remains that experience with the B-21 Raider bomber has quietly given Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth...