The U.S. Air Force released new photos of the B-21 Raider bomber.
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Surprisingly revealing look down at the intakes.
The U.S. Air Force released new photos of the B-21 Raider bomber.
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Very smart, getting a better view of the top of the B-21 from the second photo.
Surprisingly revealing look down at the intakes. Still unclear what the tale configuration is...it almost looks saw tooth, but that could be a bulge associated with the engine cowling.
Well I meant the external shape.Surprisingly revealing look down at the intakes.
... or not revealing at all, given the fact that it shows covers installed complete with hand holds
The shape of the wings, kind reminds me of the X-45cI attempted to pull as much info as possible from the picture.
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Our analysis of the intake shape was spot on.
I believe it is a Northrup-Gruman logo.
What is that little symbol in front of the nose gear?
It sounds like he saw RQ-180 development or laid eyes on the asset and made some correct assumptions about where it was eventually going. However, AFOSI will find this guy and make sure he never works in the defense industry again.Say what you will about ATS but this comment from someone who caused quite a commotion and a lot to back it, said this in 2014 and a lot of other stuff. Almost 10 years ago.
Seems rather unusually white in color. Could just be its bare skin, but maybe they're opting for a form of passive camouflage wherein it can kinda mask itself against a bright white cloudy sky from certain angles (Obviously not above, due to their shadows)It is a lovely thing. Cannot wait for better images of it's skin. Ceramic smooth.
Seems rather unusually white in color. Could just be its bare skin, but maybe they're opting for a form of passive camouflage wherein it can kinda mask itself against a bright white cloudy sky?It is a lovely thing. Cannot wait for better images of it's skin. Ceramic smooth.
Looks even more confusing than the original pictures.The U.S. Air Force released new photos of the B-21 Raider bomber.
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I see. Maybe it might have a greyish kind of coloring in reality, which would make more sense as current versions of RAM seems to be greyish in color now.I think it's just overexposed or had the white balance messed with in Photoshop. None of these pics are RAWs.
Could be far more intentional for all we know.Looks even more confusing than the original pictures.
Possibly F-35 Grey colors, or a different color, since they will have RAM coatings that are revolutionary even compared to the F-35 ones.Are we even sure that this is the final color of the aircraft? In any case I would expect it to be a standard grey paint scheme, given that these are intended to be daily drivers compared to the B-2s which or more of Formula 1 in terms of maintenance.
I thought it was primer. Would they wheel it out with RAM on it?Are we even sure that this is the final color of the aircraft? In any case I would expect it to be a standard grey paint scheme, given that these are intended to be daily drivers compared to the B-2s which or more of Formula 1 in terms of maintenance.
Possibly F-35 Grey colors, or a different color, since they will have RAM coatings that are revolutionary even compared to the F-35 ones.
I see. Then I suppose there's another reason for the rather bright color of the B-21. It might come back to the passive camoflauge theory, but until we see it in natural eye colors, we should treat the color of the images with a grain of salt for the time being.Possibly F-35 Grey colors, or a different color, since they will have RAM coatings that are revolutionary even compared to the F-35 ones.
RAM and RAM coatings come in many colors. Many forms of magnetic RAM are dark grey due to the iron content. Some are even pink or tan.
Stealth aircraft are coated in a “stack” of different layers of coating. RAM is just one (or more) of them. RAM is almost never the layer that is visible, that is a colored top coat. The color of the aircraft has nothing to do with the RAM coating.
I see. Then I suppose there's another reason for the rather bright color of the B-21. It might come back to the passive camoflauge theory, but until we see it in natural eye colors, we should treat the color of the images with a grain of salt for the time being.Possibly F-35 Grey colors, or a different color, since they will have RAM coatings that are revolutionary even compared to the F-35 ones.
RAM and RAM coatings come in many colors. Many forms of magnetic RAM are dark grey due to the iron content. Some are even pink or tan.
Stealth aircraft are coated in a “stack” of different layers of coating. RAM is just one (or more) of them. RAM is almost never the layer that is visible, that is a colored top coat. The color of the aircraft has nothing to do with the RAM coating.
I see. Given that it is one of the earliest B-21s in production, then it's likely a demonstrator or a prototype model. It probably won't have all the bells and whistles that the production B-21 would have but it can be used for testing these things in the first place.Light grey/creamy white for stealthy platform flying mainly high altitude missions (both day and night) isn't particularly surprising or never seen before.
Of course it can be argued that some of those examples are just mock-ups or demonstrators.
From https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...light-in-pastel-camouflage-40-years-ago-today
About F-117 camouflage testing:
"(...) an overall light gray scheme, which was reportedly found to be much more effective for concealing the jet both on the ground and in the air"
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"Ultimately, all five of the full-scale development machines received the gray scheme and it seems that Lockheed at one point envisaged that all production aircraft would be painted the same way, too."
Whether that was actually achieved or not remains to be seen. Even if the so-called "production-representive" model would have been used for testing, there may be some technologies that would not be fully added until they actually go into production. Though I am for the shortening of test periods and quick deployment of new aircraft because of course, it seems like we're going into a new cold war, and we need new forms of military might to have a good deterrence against our adversaries.View attachment 695384I see. Given that it is one of the earliest B-21s in production, then it's likely a demonstrator or a prototype model. It probably won't have all the bells and whistles that the production B-21 would have but it can be used for testing these things in the first place.