USAF cuts back B-2 flight-testing to meet deadline and save costs
Flight testing of the Northrop Grumman B-2 has been scaled back in a bid to meet a 1 July 1997 deadline to complete tests and avoid increased costs. Testing devoted to armament, offensive and defensive avionics, low-level terrain following and surface-to-air missile avoidance has been reduced.
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