The B is an earth-penetrating nuclear bomb for use against deeply buried and hardened targets. The B83 is a strategic free-fall nuclear bomb. The B-2 bomber can also carry the AGM advanced cruise missile, which is a strategic cruise missile with a range estimated at up to 1, miles. Up to 16 satellite-guided JDAM joint direct attack munition missiles can be carried.
The MOP is GPS-guided, contains 2,kg 5,lb of explosive and is designed to penetrate hardened, deeply buried targets. B-2 is capable of carrying two MOP weapons, one in each weapons bay. A generic weapons interface system GWIS has been fitted as part of the block 30 upgrade. The GWIS is an integrated digital software package, which allows the B-2 to carry different mixes of stand-off weapons and direct attack munitions on a single sortie, enabling the aircraft to attack up to four different types of targets on a single mission.
Under a contract awarded to Northrop Grumman in February , the USAF has begun a programme to give the B-2 the capability to attack moving targets, using precision-guided weapons such as the small diameter bomb II. The contract involves the upgrade of displays and radar modes. Testing at Edwards Air Force Base has demonstrated reliable terrain following at altitudes down to ft. The aircraft was officially handed off to the air force on at Whiteman Air Force Base, the operational home of the B-2 fleet and the th Bomb Wing.
The updated aircraft will be used by air force to conduct additional field testing of the radar, and the data gathered from these decisions will support future fielding decisions. In November , Raytheon was awarded a contract to develop a new Ku-band AESA active electronically scanned array antenna for the B-2 radar to avoid interference with commercial satellite systems after Flight tests with new radar began in October and continued until Installation of the new antenna on the B-2 fleet is to be completed by The communications equipment is supplied by Rockwell Collins.
A Milstar military strategic and tactical relay satellite communications system is installed in block 30 aircraft. The B-2 holds the record for longest air combat mission in history. In , the Spirit of America and five other B-2s were the first to enter Afghan airspace for a record setting hour mission.
It then flew back to Missouri for another hour flight for a total of more than 70 consecutive hours. Our employees also lead vehicle engineering, logistics and product support for the aircraft. The B-2 is 69 feet long, 17 feet high and has a wingspan of feet, half the length of a football field. The B-2 can reach a high subsonic speed and can also reach an altitude of more 50, feet. The B-2 can travel 6, nautical miles without refueling and 10, nautical miles with only one refueling.
It can reach any point in the world within hours. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in , the original order for the production of stealth bombers was reduced to 21 aircraft. The B-2 has won a prominent place in the modern U.
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