DESIGN

Ú B-2·S STEALTH COMES FROM THE COMBINATION OF

REDUCED ACOUSTIC, INFRARED, VISUAL AND RADAR
SIGNATURES MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DETECT.
Ú LOW--OBSERVABLE, STRATEGIC, LONG RANGE, HEAVY
LOW
BOMBER CAPABLE OF PENETRATING THROUGH DENSE
AIR DEFENCE SHIELDS.
Ú CAPABLE OF ALL ALTITTUDE MISSIONS UPTO 50,000
FT, WITH A RANGE OF MORE THAN 6,000nm
UNREFUELLED.
Ú ABILITY TO FLY TO ANY POINT IN THE WORLD WITH IN
HOURS.
Ú ALL OPENINGS AND EDGES ARE
ELECTROMAGNETICALLY SHIELDED AND COCKPIT
WINDOWS ARE SHIELDED WITH DELICATE GOLD AND
INDIUM FOIL LAYERS.
 UNIQUENESS
Ú ITS DISTINCTIVE PROFILE COMES FROM THE
UNIQUE ´FLYING WINGµ CONSTRUCTION.
Ú INSTEAD OF THE FUSELAG, 2 WINGS AND A
SEPARATE TAIL, THE ENTIRE CRAFT IS ONE
HUGE WING WHICH IS USED TO GENERATE LIFT.
Ú IT IS QUITE, VISUALLY DISAPPEARS, CONCEALS
ITS ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY AND HIDES
FROM RADAR AND INFRARED SENSORS.
Ú PLANES NARROW, FLAT SHAPE. BLACKISH
GREY ALLOWS THE PLANE TO DISAPPEAR IN THE
NIGHT.
Ú EXHAUST IS AT MINIMAL SO DOES NOT
LEAVE A VISIBLE TRAIL BEHIND.
 COCKPIT
Ú ACCOMMODATES 2 MEMBER CREW, PILOT
IN THE LEFT AND A MISSION COMMANDER
IN THE RIGHT.
Ú EUIPPED WITH A COLOR, NINE-
NINE-TUBE, EFIS,
WHICH DISPLAYS FLIGHT, ENGINE
,SENSOR DATA, AVIONICS SYSTEMS AND
WEAPONS STATUS.
Ú BY A SIMPLE THREE WAY SWITCH PILOT
CAN CHOOSE TO ACTIVATE THE
SELECTION OF FLIGHT AND MISSION
EQUIPMENT FOR TAKE-
TAKE-OFF MODE, GO-
GO-TO-
TO-
WAR MODE AND LANDING MODE.
 ENGINE--F118
ENGINE
Ú POWERED BY 4 ELECTRIC F-
F-118-
118-GE-
GE-110
TURBOFAN ENGINES MOUNTED
INTERNALLY IN THE BODY OF THE
WINGS.
Ú TURBOFAN ENGINES PRODUCE THE SAME
EFFECT AS A PROPELLER.
Ú F118 WAS CREATED BY DEVELOPING NEW
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO TAILOR
ENGINE PERFORMANCE TO THE DESIRED
AIRCRAFT APPLICATION.
Ú THE ENGINE INTAKES AND EXHAUSTS
ARE ON THE TOP OF THE WINGS FOR
CONCEALMENT.
 WEAPONS
Ú CARRIES ALL ITS WEAPONS INTERNALLY
AND IS FITTED WITH 2 SEPARATE
WEAPONS BAYS IN THE CENTER OF THE
AIRCRAFT.
Ú CAPACITY TO CARRY UPTO 40,000lb
(18,000kg) OF WEAPONS, INCLUDING
CONVENTIONAL, NUCLEAR, PRECISION-
PRECISION-
GUIDED MUNITIONS, GRAVITY BOMBS
AND A RANGE OF MARITIME WEAPONS.
Ú CAPABLE OF CARRYING 2 MOP(MASSIVE
ORDANANCE PENETRATOR)WEAPONS,
ONE IN EACH BAY.
Ú CAN BOMB 16 TARGETS IN A SINGLE
PASS.
 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Ú PRIMARY FUNCTION: MULTI-ROLE HEAVY BOMBER.
Ú PRIME CONTRACTOR: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.
Ú POWER PLANT: 4 GENERAL ELECTRIC F-118-GE-110
ENGINES.
Ú CREW: 2 PILOTS.
Ú THRUST: 17,300 POUNDS EACH ENGINE.
Ú LENGTH: 69FT.(20.9 METERS)
Ú HEIGHT: 17FT.(5.1 METERS)
Ú WINGSPAN: 172FT.(52.12 METERS)
Ú SPEED: HIGH SUBSONIC.
Ú CEILING: 50,000FT.
Ú RANGE: INTERCONTINENTAL, UNREFUELED.
Ú ARMAMENT: CONVENTIONAL OR NUCLER WEAPONS.
 CAVITATION EFFECT
Ú INTERESTING PHENOMENON THAT OCCURS WHEN
THE PLANE IS FLYING HIGH SUBSONIC SPEED,WHICH
IS THE MAXIMUM SPEED FOR THE B-
B-2.
Ú VAPOUR CLOUDS CAUSED BY CAVITATION ARE
FORMED AROUND THE CRAFT AS THEY FLY AT OR
NEAR THE SPEED OF SOUND OFTEN CALLED ´GOING
THROUGH THE SOUND BARRIERµOR ´ACCELERATING
PAST THE SPEED OF SOUNDµ.
Ú UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, AND EVEN AT LOWER
SPEEDS,THEY SOMETIMES CAUSE A VAPOUR CLOUD
EFFECT.
Ú MOSTLY SEEN NEAR HUMID ATMOSPHERE OR NEAR
SEA OR OCEAN.
MANUFACTURING UNIT
B2 "Spirit over Whiteman Air Force Base
Workers at the Tonopah Test Range remove a B61 Joint Test
Assembly from the hole it created when dropped from a B-2
Stealth bomber (inset).
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