Wilshire@lemmy.world to Military Porn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoUS Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomberlemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1imageUS Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomberlemmy.worldWilshire@lemmy.world to Military Porn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3784952/b-21-raider-continues-flight-test-production/ These are the first in-flight photos of the B-21 Raider, currently being tested at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIs the narwhal spike thing a radar reflector or some sort to fuck up its real radar signature?
minus-squareWilshire@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months ago A large orange air data probe has also been installed on the side of the nose landing gear. https://theaviationist.com/2024/03/19/new-b-21-raider-photo-released-by-northrop-grumman/ I assume it’s only for testing purposes.
minus-squareSenshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoYour article confirms your assumption :) "The air data probe and trailing cone are mounted on the prototype aircraft as part of flight testing and will not be present on production variants "
Is the narwhal spike thing a radar reflector or some sort to fuck up its real radar signature?
https://theaviationist.com/2024/03/19/new-b-21-raider-photo-released-by-northrop-grumman/
I assume it’s only for testing purposes.
Your article confirms your assumption :)
"The air data probe and trailing cone are mounted on the prototype aircraft as part of flight testing and will not be present on production variants "