B-2 Demo Automates Inflight Mission Transfers

B-2

Credit: USAF
A U.S. Air Force B-2 bomber has demonstrated a new inflight ability to automatically receive and digitally load new missions into a cockpit system, the manufacturer Northrop Grumman said on Aug. 9. The digital mission transfer to the aircraft from the B-2’s Advanced Communications ground station...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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