Visualizer Adam Burch of Hangar-B Productions created beautiful images of the Senior Peg aircraft, which could
What is known
Several decades ago, LockheedSkunk Works fought with Northrop Grumman for the right to create a new nuclear bomber for the US Air Force. The Senior Ice project won, and the result was the B-2 Spirit strategic bomber, which became the third generation stealth aircraft (after the SR-71 and F-117).
Now, thanks to visualizer Adam Birch, wewe see what the Senior Peg bomber could have been like if Lockheed Skunk Works had won the right to create an aircraft under the Advanced Technology Bomber program more than 30 years ago. The images were created on the basis of the available information, which, by the way, is not so much due to the secrecy of the project.
Senior Peg looks like a stealth planethe second generation Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, which entered service in 1983. More than $6.56 billion was spent on its development of a stealth attack aircraft. The aircraft itself costs about $111 million.
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After Northrop Grumman's victory, the company createdB-2 Spirit, which is the most expensive aircraft in the history of military aviation. Its cost at the end of the 90s of the 20th century was more than $1.1 billion and approximately $2.1 billion taking into account development costs. The US Air Force currently operates 20 Spirit strategic bombers. They are stationed at the military base “Whiteman” (Whiteman), where one B-2 recently caught fire after an emergency landing.