Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan declared Sept. 16, 2019, that the B-21 Raider is being created in Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., office – a similar area as the B-2 Spirit.

Likewise, the 420th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., will be reactivated to help testing of the B-21 Raider, as it accomplished for the B-2.

While speaking at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference, Donovan remarked on the Air Force’s B-21 program noting, “the development of the B-21 Raider is on schedule and the first test aircraft is under production at the same production facility in Palmdale, California, as its predecessor, the B-2. The first flight of the Raider will take it from Palmdale to Edwards AFB, where the legacy of excellence will continue with the reactivation of the 420th Flight Test Squadron.”

The B-21 will be a profoundly survivable, cutting edge aircraft with the capacity to infiltrate present day air protections and hold any objective in danger all around.

The program has a full grown and stable plan and is progressing to assembling advancement of the primary test airplane in Palmdale.

The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office alongside the 420th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB will guarantee conveyance of this hilter kilter capacity to the warfighter at the favored fundamental working base areas of Ellsworth AFB, S.D., Whiteman AFB, Mo., and Dyess AFB, Texas.

These three plane bases will proceed with their long legacy of preparing and supporting Air Force Global Strike Command as they get ready for the appearance of the cutting edge aircraft. See the official drawing of the B-21

The Air Force constantly assesses the B-21 program security pose with contribution from the knowledge network and is focused on augmenting straightforwardness of key program data while adjusting the need to shield imperative advancements and capacities from foe abuse.