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Specifications

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 69 ft (20.9 m)
* Wingspan: 172 ft (52.12 m)
* Height: 17 ft (5.1 m)
* Wing area: 5,000 ft² (460 m²)
* Empty: 158,000 lb (71,700 kg)
* Loaded: 336,500 lb (152,634 kg)
* Maximum takeoff: 336,500 lb (152,634 kg)
* Powerplant: 4× General Electric F-118-GE-100 turbofans; 17,300 lbf (77kN) thrust


Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 0.85 (560 knots, 1000 km/h)
* Range: 6,500 miles (12,000 km)
* Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,240 m)
* Rate of climb: ft/min (m/min)
* Wing loading: 67.3 lb/ft² (329 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight ratio: 0.205:1


Armament

Block 30 Aircraft:

* 40,000 lb (18,000 kg) of Bomb Rack Assembly mounted 500 lb class bombs (Mk82) (total carriage quantity: 80)
* 27,000 lb (12,000 kg) of BRA mounted 750 lb CBU class bombs (total carriage quantity: 36)
* 16 Rotary Launcher Assembly (RLA) mounted 2000 lb class weapons (Mk84, JDAM-84, JDAM-102)
* 16 RLA mounted B61 or B83 nuclear weapons

Later avionics and hardware upgrades allow B-2A to carry JSOW and GBU-28s as well.

Source: Wikipedia.org