According to foreign media reports on April 23, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force plan to increase the production speed of the next-generation stealth bomber in the United States, which will affect the company's short-term profits.

  During a call with investors on April 22, Nog CEO Casey Warden said they had suffered $477 million in losses for the B-21 Raider project in the first quarter, as the company adjusted the B-21 manufacturing process to increase the production speed of the stealth bomber. The increase in the cost of unspecified materials used during aircraft assembly is also one of the reasons for the loss.

  Norg is currently in the low-speed initial production (LRIP) stage of the B-21 bomber project, and has signed a contract for the first two aircraft and has the right to purchase options for the other three aircraft. At least one B-21 is under test and another six are under construction.

  Warden had previously said that Norg was at risk of losing money on the first batch of B-21 aircraft. The company has accumulated a total loss of approximately US$2 billion in five batches of B-21 low-speed initial production contracts.

[Editor in charge: Wang Jinzhi]