Developed by Boeing, the B-52 Stratofortress entered service in 1955. Still in service, this American bomber is unconventional in many ways, and easily recognizable.
The Pentagon has just selected Northrop Grumman to develop a new Long Range Strike Bomber. A choice that is probably explained by the link between the American aircraft manufacturer and the US Air Force, the B-2.
The US Navy recently completed the world’s first successful in-flight refuelling of a drone, the X-47B, on 22nd April, off the East Coast of the United States.