B-2 Stealth Bomber Stealthy aircraft can penetrate with fewer support assets and preserve surprise less risk to crew members Stealthy aircraft permit more rapid suppression of ground-based air defenses less risk to non-combatant personnel from collateral damage Stealth Saves Lives B-2 Stealth Bomber Ten years of risk closure behind us Most extensive computer aided design and simulations in history of aircraft development • Extensive development testing - 24,000 hr wind tunnel - 44,000 hr avionics test and evaluation • Avionics test bed flying since November 1986 - 6,000 hr flight control test and evaluation - 30,000 test hrs/100,000 radar patterns • Over 168,000 structure specimens tested - Completed first lifetime of durability testing on full-scale airframe • In all cases, structure has sustained ultimate load without Early, Extensive Risk Reduction Gives High Confidence In Product Integrity |