So it was, but I was referring to immense bundles of 22ga wire at the rear of the cockpit and the analog instruments. However, I think fbw was the only digital system on the aircraft.

I hired in with Northrop in the late 1980's. First time I was in my manager’s office I noticed a 8"x10" picture frame on his wall. In that frame was a hand drawn whale that looked like a 10 year old kid drew it. Under the picture was written “The Whale.” No one thought to ask about it, we just all accepted it as a…

Turkey Tettrazini is much better.

I think they were testing intercepts.

I’m not surprised. From my own experience working in this field, the better design doesn’t always win. Politics, lobbying, money, and current contracts all play into the game.

That’s what happens when there’s more press than enemies avail;able, altho arguably the American press is another enemy, that the DOD institutes the dog and pony show, doesn’t help that the pretender in chief would love nothing more than to throw the military as a whole at the wolves with how much disdain he has…

Except, this is not some counter insurgency shit, this will be all out war between the north and south. Pretty sure rules of engagement will be a little more clearly defined and fluid...

Sounds like somebody had some frustrating experiences trying to get clearance from various TOC/TACs?

Great your spouse worked her way to Advil. As for others, some folks are not that lucky. Unfortunately.

Well, spending money is mission statement number one for all branches of the military.

With that being said, thank you for the answer and your service Sir.

About rolling in the " R&D" costs on B-2- Correct but only part of the story. Massive- significant security costs due to the high level security problems involving data transfer, parts production, etc were also rolled in. For example- certain design drawings were skewed relative to true buttok and waterline…

RE calif where the " b2 was built" - It was assembled in calif at Palmdale allright, but major portions of wing and body were built/assembled in seattle by Boeing. AS was a significant amount of avionics design. Wing tank slosh tests were run in Seattle, along with lightning protection issues.

I really like this one Tyler and I think you might be on the right track about this. OBTW, did you get the post I sent to you yesterday. If not, my email address is "artherader@aol.com" if you would like to correspond.

Lets clear up the cost of the B-2 bomber. The original contract was for 132 aircraft. Certain members of congress, including the ones from California, where the B-2 was built, slashed the production numbers to 20. So, instead of spreading the development and build costs over 132 aircraft, it was spread over only 20.…