The Making of the U.S. Military's New Stealth Bomber

BY W.J. HENNIGAN/PALMDALE, CALIF. DECEMBER 3, 2022

In the predawn darkness of the western Mojave Desert, workers make their way across a parking lot toward a sprawling complex of factories, hangars and runways. Teams of armed military and civilian guards patrol the grounds leading to the 5,800-acre facility, which is ringed by an elaborate security system and monitored from space by orbiting reconnaissance satellites.