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B-2 Spirit

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Manufacturer:Northrop GrummanIntroduced: 1997|Status: active|Origin: United States

AIRSPEC // B-2-SPIRIT

2026 Strategic Capability IndexGlobal audited benchmark for this military asset domain

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FIREPOWER

100

MOBILITY

PROTECTION

SENSORS

COMBAT VALUE

UNIT COST

$1157.0M

Platform Dossier & Identity

IDENTITY

Typeaircraft

Categoryair

Country🇺🇸United States

ContractorNorthrop Grumman

Statusactive

Generation5 Generation

Introduced1997

Service StatusActive

Data SourceUS Air Force Global Strike Command / Northrop Grumman Fact Sheet

Defense Tech Capability Scorecard

TACTICAL AUDIT

EW SUITE

96/100

Electronic Attack & Jamming Defense

STEALTH / RCS

97/100

Radar Signature Reduction

ACTIVE PROTECTIONPASSIVE

Hard-Kill Interception

BMS BATTLE MGMTNETWORKED

Tactical Datalink Integration

Tactical Specifications Matrix

SPEC SHEET

Length21 m

Width52.4 m

Height5.18 m

Weight71,700 kg

Crew2 personnel

Max Speed1,010 km/h

Range11,100 km

Endurance15 hrs

Ceiling15,200 m

Fuel Capacity75,750 L

Powerplant4x General Electric F118-GE-100 non-afterburning turbofans

Weapons & Ordnance Manifest

80 RDS AMMO

PRIMARY WEAPON

Two internal weapons bays carrying up to 18000 kg of nuclear or precision conventional ordnance80 RDS

SECONDARY WEAPONS

GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)B61-12 thermonuclear guided bombs

GUIDED MISSILES

AGM-158 JASSM-ER cruise missiles

BOMBS & GUIDED MUNITIONS

80x GBU-38 JDAM (227 kg)16x B83/B61 nuclear bombs2x GBU-57 MOP (13600 kg)

Avionics & Sensor Suite

SENSORS

RadarEQUIPPED

AN/APQ-181 Ku-band AESA active electronically scanned array radar(200 km)

Fire Control (FCS)EQUIPPED

Digital Integrated Ballistic FCS

Radar Warning (RWR)EQUIPPED

Integrated Radar Warning Receiver

ECM SuiteACTIVE ECM

Multi-Band Electronic Jammer Suite

Thermal & FLIREQUIPPED

Thermal FLIR • Infrared (IRST) • Night Vision

Sonar SuiteN/A

N/A (Non-Naval)

Supply Chain & Industrial Intel Sheet

MIB AUDIT

PRIME CONTRACTOR80% WORKSHARE

Northrop Grumman🇺🇸

PROPULSION SYSTEM🇺🇸

F118-GE-100 Non-Afterburning TurbofanVendor: GE AerospaceThrust/Power: 77 kN x 4

RADAR / AVIONICS MANUFACTURER🇺🇸

AN/APQ-181 AESA RadarManufacturer: Raytheon TechnologiesArchitecture: AESA Radar

PRIMARY ARMAMENT VENDOR🇺🇸

GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)Vendor: Lockheed MartinPayload: 13,600 kg

SENSORS / OPTICS SUITE🇺🇸

Defensive Management System (DMS)Vendor: Northrop Grumman

SECURE SEMICONDUCTORS🇺🇸

Intel FederalNode: Military Rad-Hard Silicon

Passive Armor & Countermeasures

SURVIVABILITY

Armor Compositionnone

CountermeasuresAN/APR-50 Defensive Management System (DMS) passive RF warning

Tactical Communications & Data Link

C4ISR

Tactical RadioExtremely High Frequency (EHF) satellite communications and Link 16

Satellite UplinkEquipped

Tactical Data LinkIntegrated (Link 16/MADL)

Military EncryptionType-1 Cryptographic

Procurement & Life-Cycle Cost

COST AUDIT

Unit Purchase Cost$1,157,000,000

Annual Operating Cost$135,000

Annual Maintenance Cost$65,000

Operational Deployments & Operator Nations

1 Operator Nations~19 Active Units

Operator Nation	Deployment Status	Estimated Fleet Inventory
🇺🇸United States	Domestic Operator	19units

Performance Analysis

HUD BENCHMARK

6-Axis Telemetry Ratings0-100 SCALE

Firepower

100/100

Mobility

80/100

Protection

85/100

Sensors

93/100

Reliability

78/100

Maintainability

65/100

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Additional Intelligence Information

AUDIT LOG

Intelligence SourceUS Air Force Global Strike Command / Northrop Grumman Fact Sheet

Last Verification Date2026-10-06