November 3, 2019
Enemies Beware: America Is Upgrading Its Mighty Air Force Bombers
The B-52, B-1, and B-2 are joining the future.
by Kris Osborn
Key point: Modernization is needed to handle modern threats.
The US Air Force and BAE Systems are accelerating efforts to sustain, test and help modernize weapons carrying, sustainment and delivery across its fleet of bomber platforms.
The system, called the Bomber Armament Tester, is intended for the B-1B, B-2 and B-52H bombers; the intent of BAT is to assess operational readiness of bomb ejector racks, rotary launchers and pylon assemblies, BAE statements indicated.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/enemies-beware-america-upgrading-its-mighty-air-force-bombers-92466
