The first B-21 is now equipped with a large air data probe fixed at a slight angle to the left side of the lower forward section of the aircraft. The probe will be used for gathering air data during the B-21’s maiden flight and following primary flight dynamics test missions

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Northrop-Grumman B-21 Raider / NGB / LRS-B - СШАUSA - 2023

These images reveal the B-21’s flight control surfaces. These comprise three flaperons on the engine’s outboard and one on the inner side. This arrangement differs from the B-2 Spirit, which has a complex sawtooth trailing edge plan form with two flaperons inboard and outboard and a flexible ‘beaver tail’ in the centre of its trailing edge. The Raider has a simple ‘W’ trailing edge

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Northrop-Grumman B-21 Raider / NGB / LRS-B - СШАUSA - 2023

An older image shows how limited the pilots’ visibility will likely be from the Raider. Despite the new images, it’s still difficult to judge the size of the cockpit. Later images now show the ejection hatch panels, outlined with dotted lines on the top of the aircraft, which are positioned relatively far back compared to the B-2 Spirit

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Northrop-Grumman B-21 Raider / NGB / LRS-B - СШАUSA - 2023

Located along the undersides of the upper fuselage are air data sensors which will provide constant information to the fly-by-wire computers to keep the B-21 stable in flight

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Northrop-Grumman B-21 Raider / NGB / LRS-B - СШАUSA - 2023

This head-on view shows how blended into the main body of the aircraft the B-21’s intakes are; Northrop Grumman has not disclosed whether the B-21 has two or four engines

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Northrop-Grumman B-21 Raider / NGB / LRS-B - СШАUSA - 2023