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Northrop B-2 Spirit

American strategic stealth bomber

The Northrop B-2 Spirit is an American heavy strategic bomber that uses low-observable stealth technology to penetrate sophisticated anti-aircraft defenses. It is often referred to as a stealth bomber.

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  • 1974DARPA requested information from U.S. aviation firms about the largest radar cross-section of an aircraft that would remain effectively invisible to radars.
  • 1975Development started on stealth aircraft designs with the Have Blue program by Lockheed.
  • Summer 1975Plans were well advanced for stealth technology with the Experimental Survivability Testbed project by DARPA.
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