Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses
General Characteristic
Performance
Armament
General Characteristic
- Crew: 2: pilot (left seat) and mission commander (right seat)
- Length: 69 ft 0 in (21.0 m)
- Wingspan: 172 ft 0 in (52.4 m)
- Height: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
- Wing area: 5,140 sq ft (478 m2)
- Empty weight: 158,000 lb (71,700 kg)
- Gross weight: 336,500 lb (152,200 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 376,000 lb (170,600 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 167,000 pounds (75,750 kg)
- Powerplant: 4 × General Electric F118-GE-100 non-afterburning turbofans, 17,300 lbf (77 kN) thrust each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 630 mph (1,010 km/h, 550 kn) at 40,000 ft altitude / Mach 0.95 at sea level
- Cruise speed: 560 mph (900 km/h, 487 kn) at 40,000 ft altitude
- Range: 6,900 mi (11,000 km, 6,000 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,200 m)
- Wing loading: 3 lb/sq ft (329 kg/m2)
- Thrust/weight: 205
Armament
- 2 internal bays for ordnance and payload with an official limit of 40,000 lb (18,000 kg); maximum estimated limit is 50,000 lb (23,000 kg)
- 80× 500 lb class bombs (Mk-82, GBU-38) mounted on Bomb Rack Assembly (BRA)
- 36× 750 lb CBU class bombs on BRA
- 16× 2,000 lb class bombs (Mk-84, GBU-31) mounted on Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA)
- 16× B61or B83 nuclear bombs on RLA (strategic mission)
- Standoff weapon: AGM-154Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) and AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
- 2× GBU-57Massive Ordinance Penetrator