WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
The Department of the Air Force alongside Northrop Grumman broke ground on the new final assembly line at Air Force Plant 42, Sep. 29, marking a significant step toward expanding production capacity for the B-21 Raider and delivering combat capability to the Joint Force faster.
The groundbreaking kicks off over one million new square feet of facilities that will support the B-21 Raider production-capacity expansion announced earlier this year. The effort is part of the agreement between the DAF and Northrop Grumman that increases annual B-21 production capacity by 25% while maintaining focus on cost, schedule and ...