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A close-up of the Tycho Crater, a large impact crater located on the south end of the moon. Captured with the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, this is one of the highest-resolution images of the lunar surface ever taken from Earth.
(Image credit: Raytheon Technologies.)
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Pratt & Whitney opens India Engineering Center
Pratt & Whitney opens India Engineering Center
Pratt & Whitney’s India Engineering Center: US aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Thursday officially opened its new India Engineering Center (IEC) in the country’s IT capital Bengaluru, located in the southern part of the country. The facility is co-located with Pratt & Whitney’s India Capabilities Center (ICC), which opened in 2022 to provide integrated global supply chain support,…
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U.S. successfully flight-tests Raytheon hypersonic weapon -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has successfully tested a Raytheon Technologies Corp air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of speeds faster than five times the speed of sound, making it the third successful test of that class of weapon since 2013, the Pentagon said in a statement on Monday.
The development program for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) is being run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Both Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Corp are competing for the ultimate contract award.
Air-breathing vehicles use air captured from the atmosphere to achieve sustained propulsion. Different propulsion types work in the vacuum of space.
There have been four air-breathing hypersonic weapons tests since September. Raytheon’s product has been successful both times, and Lockheed had one successful test and one failure.
“Advancing our nation’s hypersonic capabilities is a critical national imperative, and this was an important step forward. Having back-to-back successful flight tests gives us even greater confidence in the technical maturity of our HAWC prototype,” Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon’s Missiles & Defense business unit, said.
During the flight test, after releasing HAWC from an aircraft and accelerating to hypersonic speeds using the scramjet engine, Raytheon said in a statement, “The vehicle flew a trajectory that engineers designed to intentionally stress the weapon concept to explore its limits and further validate digital performance models.”
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U.S. successfully flight-tests Raytheon hypersonic weapon -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has successfully tested a Raytheon Technologies Corp air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of speeds faster than five times the speed of sound, making it the third successful test of that class of weapon since 2013, the Pentagon said in a statement on Monday.
The development program for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) is being run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Both Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Corp are competing for the ultimate contract award.
Air-breathing vehicles use air captured from the atmosphere to achieve sustained propulsion. Different propulsion types work in the vacuum of space.
There have been four air-breathing hypersonic weapons tests since September. Raytheon’s product has been successful both times, and Lockheed had one successful test and one failure.
“Advancing our nation’s hypersonic capabilities is a critical national imperative, and this was an important step forward. Having back-to-back successful flight tests gives us even greater confidence in the technical maturity of our HAWC prototype,” Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon’s Missiles & Defense business unit, said.
During the flight test, after releasing HAWC from an aircraft and accelerating to hypersonic speeds using the scramjet engine, Raytheon said in a statement, “The vehicle flew a trajectory that engineers designed to intentionally stress the weapon concept to explore its limits and further validate digital performance models.”
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#palestine#free palestine#gaza#free gaza#israel#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#free free palestine#current events#gaza strip#jerusalem#israel terrorism#amarican terrorisum#terrorism#lockheed martin#raytheon#United technologies#boeing#northrop grumman
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How Much Money is Raytheon (RTX) making from the War?
Raytheon (RTX) has an enviable problem. The giant aerospace company and defense contractor has an order backlog of $180 billion.
To explain, Raytheon had $180 billion in unfilled orders in the first quarter of 2023, Breaking Defense reports. Raytheon has a backlog because of supply chain problems. In particular, Raytheon has had trouble importing components and raw materials from China.
The…
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#China is on the march is that good for Raytheon?#How Much Money is Raytheon (RTX) making from the War?#How Much Money is RTX making?#Is RTX a cash-rich company?#Raytheon (RTX)#Raytheon CEO admits US cannot decouple from China#Raytheon in China#Raytheon Technologies (RTX)
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Raytheon Technologies Completes First Engine Run of Regional Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator
Raytheon Technologies announced today the successful first engine run of the company’s regional hybrid-electric flight demonstrator, marking a key milestone towards flight testing, targeted to begin in 2024.
The propulsion system’s initial run took place at Pratt & Whitney’s innovation facility in Longueuil, Quebec and performed as expected. The system fully integrates a 1 MW electric…
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i feel like i'm going to vomit
raytheon, who is a salesperson on behalf of agony and death, casually unfolded their disgusting, exploitative blueprint of human destruction in their latest earnings call. raytheon executives, in suits soaked with the blood and sweat of global suffering, gaped at the "opportunity" unfolding re: the ongoing war crimes and horrific brutality being carried out Palestine.
while Palestinians watch everything they've ever loved get turned to rubble, raytheon stockholders see dollars in destruction, profit in pain, and business blooming on the battlefield. imagine, turning the tremors of traumatized, suffering people into a system of fuel for your war machine - this is their normal. this is the shit that sales people at raytheon live for 9 hours a day and then go home and sleep at night.
history bleeds from the pages of raytheon's diary, filled with tales of technologized terror, largely carried out against minority peoples with little means to fight back or defend themselves. tales where human lives are turned into rows and columns on spreadsheets and civilizations’ calamities are converted into cold, hard cash trails.
meanwhile, the boardroom buzzes and swarms with heartless vultures, circling the globe, eyes peeled for the next plot of despair to descend upon, beaks ready to peck at the literal carrion of communities in conflict.
oh, and Biden's Defense Secretary was on the Board
“see a benefit,” they have the fucking audacity to say, as if the orchestras of war are trumpeting some sort of symphony of success for their gross and disgusting contributions. raytheon's portfolios pulsate with the rhythms of air strikes and raids, and their balance sheets boom with the bass of bombs dropping on communities that have been traumatized so many times over that they have nothing left to give.
in the tragedy of others, raytheon finds triumph. in the heartbeats silenced by their symphonies of destruction, they find the rhythm of their entire revenue stream.
the engine of exploitation, oiled with oppression and fueled by the flames of conflict, roars at the center of raytheon's profit model. call it out when you see it: capitalism is incompatible with the preservation of human life.
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Aerospace Companies In The USA: Aerospace is one of the most important departments in our research. It helps us to know more about our exitance, about stars, moons, planets, and various other aspects of astronomy.
#Aerobotix#Arconic#Best Aerospace Companies In The USA#Boeing#Griffon Aerospace#Honeywell International#L-3 Technologies#Lockheed Martin#Raytheon#Rockwell Collins#Viscotec#Post navigation#Top 10 Best Electric Bike Company In The USA 2022
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Гонка вооружений: США успешно испытали гиперзвуковую ракету
Гонка вооружений: США успешно испытали гиперзвуковую ракету
После неудачного испытательного полета гиперзвуковой ракеты 29 июня, ВВС США на этой неделе успешно испытали гиперзвуковую ракету Lockheed, передает Reuters со ссылкой на источники.
В то же время Reuters отмечает, что Россия и Китай добились большего успеха в разработке собственного гиперзвукового оружия.
Согласно источникам, во вторник у побережья Калифорнии ВВС США успешно испытали…
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#HIMARS#Lockheed#Northrop Grumman Corp#Raytheon Technologies Corp#reuters#гиперзвуковая ракета#Гонка вооружений#США
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Taiwan says it cannot afford new U.S. anti-submarine helicopters
New Post has been published on https://www.timesofocean.com/taiwan-says-it-cannot-afford-new-u-s-anti-submarine-helicopters/
Taiwan says it cannot afford new U.S. anti-submarine helicopters
Taipei (The Times Groupe)- Taiwan announced on Thursday that it had abandoned plans to buy advanced new anti-submarine warfare helicopters from the United States because they were too expensive.
Taiwan had earlier announced plans to purchase 12 MH-60R anti-submarine helicopters from Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) unit Sikorsky. Taiwanese media, however, reported that the United States had rejected the sale since it did not meet Taipei’s needs.
Chiu Kuo-cheng mentioned the helicopter case first when he was asked in parliament about recent changes to Taiwan’s purchases of U.S. weapons.
“The price is too high, beyond the capability of our country,” he said.
Other arms purchases have also been delayed, including the M109A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer artillery system and mobile Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
In Ukraine, Raytheon Technologies’ (RTX.N) Stingers have been used against Russian aircraft, but U.S. supplies have declined and there are significant obstacles to producing more of the anti-aircraft weapons.
Chiu said they have already signed the contract and paid for the Stingers, and they plan to pressure the United States to deliver them.
“We do not view arms sales as a trivial matter, and we have backup plans,” he said without further explanation.
Taiwan says the United States offered it alternatives to the M109A6, including rocket launchers mounted on trucks made by Lockheed Martin called the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS.
They are still considering their options on that front, Chiu said.
Despite being claimed by China as its own territory, Taiwan is undertaking a military modernisation programme to strengthen its ability to fend off a Chinese attack with precision weapons like missiles.
Tsai Ing-wen advocates asymmetric warfare, which involves developing high-tech, highly mobile weapons that are hard to destroy and can deliver precise attacks.
U.S. officials have been pushing Taiwan to upgrade its military so it can become a “porcupine”, hard to attack by China.
With the goal of forcing the democratically governed island to accept Beijing’s rule, China has stepped up its own military modernization and pressure against Taiwan.
During the recent period – he did not specify when – there were many “enemy ships” in the waters around Taiwan, which “stand off” with Taiwanese forces, though he did not provide details.
A total of eight Chinese vessels, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, passed between islands in the southern Okinawa chain of Japan on Monday, which is to the northeast of Taiwan.
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In 2022, America’s top five weapons contractors made $196 billion in military-related revenue, according to Defense News. Lockheed Martin dominated all other defense-focused companies, with total military revenue of roughly $63 billion last year. RTX, formerly known as Raytheon Technologies, was a distant second, earning roughly $40 billion in revenue in 2022.
The same five American “prime” contractors have long dominated lists of the world’s biggest arms manufacturers. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX, Boeing and General Dynamics have remained in the top seven of the Defense News ranking since it began in 2000.
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Some other fun facts:
Did you know Amy's dad was Shell the Oil Company's lawyer? They were actively lying about climate facts and denying climate change.
Kavanaugh, Alito, & Barret live within 10 minutes of these
None of them live further than 30 minutes from a weapons HQ. I checked.
So if you're ALREADY protesting in the are then consider paying them a visit so they don't feel left out ❤️
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"A spokesperson for the Pine Bluff Arsenal did not respond to questions about whether the Israeli military is using white phosphorus munitions manufactured at the facility.
[...]The Pine Bluff Arsenal is not the only weapons manufacturer in Arkansas. In October, the defense contractor RTX Corporation announced it was building a new facility in East Camden in partnership with an Israeli defense contractor that will manufacture missiles to be used for Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system and its U.S. counterpart, SkyHunter. This facility will be the latest addition to a sprawling industrial complex that includes other defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin."
....the open secrets and donors for these guys is weird as hell for somewhere that should be boring af. It's def because of it's MD's military arsenal and it's definitely because these guys take money for it's use. They gotta go ASAP.
#idk what to tag this#things you should know#Palestine#USA#Israel#us politics#weapons manufacturers#NRA#Arkansas#Virginia#Maryland#boeing#lockheed martin#supreme court#follow the money
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During third-quarter earnings calls this month, analysts from Morgan Stanley and TD Bank took note of this potential profit-making escalation in conflict and asked unusually blunt questions about the financial benefit of the war between Israel and Hamas.
The death toll – which so far includes over 8,000 Palestinians and over 1,400 Israelis – wasn’t top of mind for TD Cowen’s Cai von Rumohr, managing director and senior research analyst specializing in the aerospace industry. His question was about the upside for General Dynamics, an aerospace and weapons company in which TD Asset Management holds over $16m in stock.
(...) “Hamas has created additional demand, we have this $106bn request from the president,” said von Rumohr, during General Dynamics’ earnings call on 25 October. “Can you give us some general color in terms of areas where you think you could see incremental acceleration in demand?”
“You know, the Israel situation obviously is a terrible one, frankly, and one that’s just evolving as we speak,” responded Jason Aiken, the company’s executive vice president of technologies and chief financial officer. “But I think if you look at the incremental demand potential coming out of that, the biggest one to highlight and that really sticks out is probably on the artillery side.”
That next day, von Rumohr assigned a “buy” rating to General Dynamics’ stock.
Morgan Stanley’s head of aerospace and defense equity research, Kristine Liwag, took a similar approach to the conflict during Raytheon’s 24 October earnings call.
“Looking at [the White House’s $106bn supplemental funding request], you’ve got equipment for Ukraine, air and missile defense for Israel, and replenishment of stockpiles for both. And this seems to fit quite nicely with the Raytheon Defense portfolio,” said Liwag, whose employer holds over $3bn in Raytheon stock, a 2.1% ownership share of the weapons company.
“So how much of this opportunity is addressable to the company and if the dollars are appropriated, when would be the earliest you could see this convert to revenue?”
Greg Hayes, Raytheon’s chairman and executive director, responded: “I think really across the entire Raytheon portfolio, you’re going to see a benefit of this restocking … on top of what we think is going to be an increase in the [Department of Defense] top line [budget].”
#there are no words to describe how i feel about these people. they should drop dead on the spot#they do not deserve to be alive none of them#they should be our main targets by far tbh#readings#pol#palestine#israel
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You might have heard all the buzz about Lloyd Austin being chosen as the first Black Secretary of Defense by President Biden. So today, I stumbled upon something interesting. Turns out, Austin sits on the board of Raytheon Technologies, one of the biggest players in the defense industry, getting millions from stocks and compensations. I wasn't shocked a bit. It's just how things have been working in American politics for decades. The American government starts unnecessary wars, showering defense companies like Raytheon and Boeing with billions in contracts. And in return politicians, generals and bureaucrats get fat payouts. The elected "ruling class" enjoys lavish lifestyles while millions of civilians throughout the world are slaughtered and starved to death. Too much freedom and democracy.🤡
#american demo(n)cracy#american imperialism#free gaza#gaza strip#gaza genocide#from the river to the sea palestine will be free#palestine#palestinian genocide#israel#israel is a terrorist state#west#europe#desiblr#desi tumblr#desi aesthetic#urdu lines#urdu poetry#urdu literature#eurovision#lgbtq community#lgbtqia#lgbtq#lgbtqia+#lgbt pride#lgbt nsft#queer community#saudi arabia#iran#hamas#my thoughts
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The B-21 Raider: Designed For Low Risk
head-on view of B-21
Images released during the week of the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference revealed a head-on view that allowed for a reliable estimate of the wingspan.
Credit: Northrop Grumman
The design of Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider points to a conservative approach on the part of the U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office. The B-21’s resemblance to the original B-2 bomber design is close, but it is a smaller aircraft, with a wingspan estimated at 132 ft. compared with the B-2’s 172 ft., and is approximately half the empty weight. The planform itself is driven by the need to accommodate complex inlets and exhausts and a large weapon bay within the flying-wing profile while staying within a maximum thickness-to-chord ratio compatible with efficient flight above Mach 0.8.
Planform of two bombers
Credit: Giuseppe Picarella/TheCutawayCompany.com
The B-21 planform, which has not been officially released, was depicted in a video that accompanied a presentation by Gen. Duke Richardson, commander of the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, on Sept. 11 at the Air and Space Force Association’s (AFA) Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland. A new set of images released that week included an undistorted head-on view that permitted a reliable estimate of the wingspan. Recently recovered unclassified imagery from Pratt & Whitney presentations dating back to the early 2010s proved to be a close match for the B-21’s inlets.
U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office prioritized use of mature subsystems
Northrop draws on aspects of B-2 bomber and X-47B UCAV
The B-21’s low-risk design in part stems from the program’s origins. Before 2009, the Air Force was working to a requirement known as Next-Generation Bomber (NGB). It has been characterized as complex and ambitious, with a full suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors, a self-defense capability and long endurance. This was canceled in April 2009 by then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The following year, the Air Force proposed a different approach to the mission, which Pentagon leadership found acceptable: a Long-Range Strike family of systems including classified uncrewed aircraft systems for ISR and electronic attack (the former becoming the Northrop Grumman RQ-180), a replacement cruise missile (now the Raytheon AGM-181) and the Long-Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B), for which a contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman in October 2015.
Aside from scrubbed and scaled-back requirements, the LRS-B project differed from NGB in three ways: Unit cost was a key performance parameter; two competing teams were funded through preliminary design review, which normally takes place after contract award; and management was assigned to the Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO). The RCO modeled its approach on the Lockheed F-117, developed using mature subsystems in a new platform so that the program could focus on applying new technology.
B-21 diagram
Click on this image to see an interactive version of a microcutaway of design features likely on the U.S. Air Force's next stealth bomber.
The B-21 emerging today is evidence that these principles have been adhered to. Its configuration and stealth technology have evolved from the “flying saucer” approach used on the B-2, but originally proposed in the late 1950s. Remarkably, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works founder and former chief Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, in a retrospective paper delivered in 1975 and quoting pre-SR-71 Blackbird work, noted that “a shape similar to flying saucers, with a sharp edge and no protuberances, has a very low radar cross-section without any anti-radar treatment.” And at a February 1959 conference with President Dwight Eisenhower, also discussing the future Blackbird, Harvard physicist Edward Purcell remarked that “the best shape would be a flying saucer.”
No documents found so far have explained the exact connection between the flying saucer phenomenon—the original popular term for unidentified aerial phenomena—and early stealth developments. But one part of the explanation may be that the mysterious craft were often believed to evade radar detection and that it would naturally occur to anyone with knowledge of radar that the shape might have something to do with it.
The classic 1950s flying saucer shape—seamless and continuously curved, with a domed center flaring out to a sharp edge—is visible on the B-21. Some details, though, are reminiscent of the X-47B—the uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) designed by Northrop Grumman—such as the longer nose, or “beak.” This feature is a result of the need for continuous sharp leading edges, but with a curved-down nose to improve stall characteristics. As on the B-2, however, the saucer profile in elevation is matched with a straight-edge planform to concentrate residual radar reflections—reduced by deep-section radar-absorbent material (RAM) edges—in the smallest possible number of “spikes.”
The design benefits from advances in computational engineering and simulation. The B-2 was designed with the help of early 2D computational fluid dynamics (CFD), but airflows on a blended wing body shape are highly 3D with effects propagating from the center-body outward, and more recent designs using 3D CFD are more efficient.
Computational electromagnetics allows for better low radar cross-section (RCS) shapes and more efficient use of RAM and eliminates much of the empirical cut-and-try methods used in earlier programs: Northrop Grumman closed its Tejon Ranch, California, outdoor RCS test range in 2011.
The B-21 is also the first known major U.S. military aircraft program to be fully designed on a digital thread, with not only the shape but the physical characteristics of each part built into a digital prototype. This has allowed errors to be caught early and has made it possible, according to program officials, to incorporate all core systems on the first aircraft.
The differences from the B-2 include the new bomber’s planform. In fact, the B-2 planform at contract award in October 1981 was similar to the B-21’s now, but a low-altitude dash capability was added to the requirement late in its evolution. In early 1983, Northrop engineers discovered that the original design had insufficient control power to alleviate gust loads at the same time as controlling the aircraft, and it was necessary to add control area farther aft, close to the centerline, for rigidity. The fix resulted in the B-2’s unique planform, but at a price in time, weight and cost—and the low-altitude capability was never used.
Some of the features carried over from the X-47B include the apparent absence of split brake-rudder surfaces. Instead, the plan-view sketch suggests the presence of “inlay” surfaces above the wing, which would not be used in stealth mode. Instead, lateral and longitudinal control are provided by eight trailing-edge surfaces, augmented by differential thrust as on the B-2.
The center-body section matches images of highly serpentine inlets mated to a medium-bypass engine. Pratt & Whitney discussed such an engine, the PW9000, as a future bomber powerplant in 2010 but has not mentioned it since. The PW9000 used the core of the PW1000G commercial engine family, mated to a direct-drive fan with a 4:1 bypass ratio. On the B-2, the low-bypass GE F118 engine was selected because it was too risky to place a higher-bypass engine, more sensitive to flow distortion, behind the curved and RAM-treated inlet ducts needed to hide the fan face from radar. With the aid of better CFD, that problem can be eliminated: Northrop Grumman proposed a large bomber UAV in 2005, powered by two modified GE CF34 turbofans, and Lockheed Martin flew the Polecat demonstrator in 2006 with two Williams FJ44s.
Further evidence of innovation in the propulsion installation is that it is one of very few specific B-21 problem areas mentioned in public. Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, mentioned potential inlet and exhaust issues in March 2018. In March 2021, then-RCO Director Randall Walden said that a redesign was completed before the design was frozen, without affecting the schedule.
A higher bypass ratio provides much better specific fuel consumption than the B-2’s fighter-type engine, improving range, and would enable a cooler, lower-velocity exhaust, not only lowering the B-21’s infrared signature but also alleviating thermomechanical stress on the open “aft deck” area of the exhaust, immediately ahead of the trailing edge.
The B-21’s structure benefits from the absence of a low-level flight requirement and improvements in both composite materials and RAM, reducing the use of fillers and tapes. While the RAM itself would perform the same functions as on earlier stealth aircraft, with multiple layers to absorb energy, diffuse surface currents and protect the skin from lightning, it would require less maintenance than the notoriously finicky B-2 surface.
Internally, the B-21 apparently uses many proven systems. At the AFA meeting, Doug Young, Northrop Grumman vice president and general manager for strike systems, noted that where possible, the company has used commercial components and systems on the aircraft, reducing costs and taking advantage of long-lasting commercial supply networks. Early in the program, one Washington consultant with close ties to BAE Systems disclosed that the electronic warfare system of the B-21 is closely related to the Lockheed Martin F-35’s ASQ-239.
The most important feature of the avionics, however, is an open mission systems architecture. Young compares older systems with adding peripherals to a computer in the early PC age, where “you had to go through a whole rigmarole to make it work.” But the B-21 has standard interfaces and a partitioned architecture where changes to the mission systems cannot affect flight-critical functions.
The B-21 program includes a “software factory,” Young said, which is already developing capabilities beyond the service-entry baseline. And under a program called Spirit Realm, a partitioned architecture is being developed for the B-2 fleet.
After Lockheed Martin and Boeing unsuccessfully protested the Air Force’s B-21 contract award to Northrop Grumman, a consultant to both companies wrote that “there’s a real possibility that the B-21 program isn’t executable at the price the winning team bid—which would mean either big cost overruns or program termination.”
Northrop has warned that it faces up to a $1.2 billion charge on the first five years of low-rate initial production for the B-21 due to inflation-related cost increases not anticipated when bids were submitted in 2015.
But a lesson to be drawn from the B-21’s appearance is that the designers of the B-2 did an amazingly good job “inventing to schedule” while existing materials and subsystems were inadequate and produced a basic vehicle architecture that was still considered the best choice almost 40 years later.
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How do u feel about ai? I feel like im “wrong” for being really fascinated by it (ik its a broad subject but its all so cool). Should i study ai and data science in college or will i be contributing to some like evil force idk
to the extent that AI is an "evil force" (pretty strong language imo), it's entirely due to how it's wielded by assholes for capitalist ends and not anything inherent to the technology itself*. that being said, like any other STEM field these days, the majority of your employment opportunities (and almost all of the high-paying ones) will probably involve using it for those "evil" ends because that's where the money is. this is endemic to STEM, unfortunately. my alma mater's career fair has reserved table spots for the Army, the Navy, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, etc. i could be making six figures right now if i hadn't turned down an offer from Lincoln Labs in 2019 to make missile guidance systems because i figured my conscience and ability to live with myself/sleep at night was worth more than that.
sorry, that kind of got away from me for a bit there. basically just study what you want because trying to force yourself into a sub-field of STEM that you hate will make you suicidal, but keep a finger on the pulse of the field because "the coolest/most useful thing to do with a given technology" and "the most profitable thing to do with a given technology" are so far apart it's actually insane i mean neurodivergent
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