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Friday, July 20, 2007

Northrop Grumman Begins Work to Equip B-2 Bomber with Massive Penetrator Weapon

The U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber would be able to attack and destroy an expanded set of hardened, deeply buried military targets using a new 30,000 pound-class penetrator weapon that Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) has begun integrating on the aircraft.

The company is doing the work under a seven-month, $2.5 million contract awarded June 1 by the Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Northrop Grumman is the Air Force's prime contractor on the B-2, the flagship of the nation's long-range strike arsenal.

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  1. Unknown22/7/07 04:30

    just in time for Iran's hardened enrichment facilities at Natanz and Arak. I guess the good news is that the B-61 Mod 11 mini-nuke is no longer needed.

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