The Most Expensive Military Plane : B-2 Spirit: $2.4 billion

Dimensions:

Wingspan

172ft

Height

17ft

Length

69ft

Flying Wing Configuration

Composite materials

Weights:

Maximum Take-Off Weight

336,000lb

Payload

40,000lb

Engines:

Engines

4 x General Electric F118-GE-100, each rated at 77kN

Performance:

Maximum Speed

High subsonic speed, 331m/sec

Altitude

50,000ft

Range

6,000nm

Range With one Refuelling

10,000nm

Weapons:

Weapons

Conventional and nuclear weapons, precision guided munitions, gravity bombs, maritime weapons

 

Northrop B-2 Spirit is a strategic bomber and one of the most famous stealth aircraft current of the United States. Intended for strategic bombing, it is the aircraft most expensive the twentieth century The first flight of the prototype took place on 17 July 1989 and the first operational aircraft has been approved by the United States Air Force (USAF) at the end 1993. End of 2006 the USAF indicates that it should remain in service until 2058.