{"id":31439,"date":"2024-04-27T15:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T05:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/b-21-raider-bomber-cost-control-project-success\/"},"modified":"2024-04-27T15:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T05:24:37","slug":"the-b-21-raider-is-now-under-budget-by-almost-2bn-will-the-program-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=31439","title":{"rendered":"The B-21 Raider Is Now Under Budget By Almost $2bn: Will The Program Succeed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/northrop-grumman-b-21-raider-complete-guide\/\">America&#8217;s new Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is well on the way<\/a>. It has been cleared for low-rate production, and around 100 are expected to be built. It will eventually replace the B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, and the B-2 Spirit (currently a total of approx. 131 aircraft) and become the United States&#8217; sole strategic <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/bomber\/\">bomber<\/a>. It will be the air leg of America&#8217;s triad nuclear deterrence. It is designed with the latest stealth technology and will provide the <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/air-force\/\">Air Force<\/a> with deep penetration capabilities into enemy territory for strike missions. The B-21 is designed to overcome enemy radar and air defenses.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The B-21 Raider is entering low-rate production and appears to be developing on time and perhaps below budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,595,1455,8411,4559,1384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-aviation-news","category-bomber","category-flying-wing","category-stealth-bomber","category-us-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31443,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31439\/revisions\/31443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}