---
title: "B-1B’s Future Armament According To Its Test Pilot"
date: "2026-05-19"
modified: "2026-05-19"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway"
  - name: "Jamie Hunter"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/jamie-hunter"
url: "https://www.twz.com/air/b-1bs-future-armament-according-to-its-test-pilot"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "Air-Launched Hypersonic Missiles"
  - "B-1"
  - "Bombers"
---

# B-1B’s Future Armament According To Its Test Pilot

![B-1B weapons](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/B1-thumbnail.jpg>)
*Jamie Hunter*

[](<https://www.youtube.com/@thewarzone>)In this episode of *[TWZ: Special Access](<https://www.youtube.com/@thewarzone>)*, Jamie Hunter talks with Lt. Col. "Evil" Marcus, a B-1B Lancer test pilot assigned to Air Force Reserve Command at Edwards AFB, California, about how the B-1B's armament is morphing to meet the challenges of facing off against a peer threat. This includes [reactivating its external pylons](<https://www.twz.com/air/b-1b-to-finally-get-new-external-pylons-drastically-expanding-missile-carriage-potential>), which have been gone since it lost its nuclear mission decades ago, as well as the introduction of [hypersonic missiles](<https://www.twz.com/air/b-1b-seen-carrying-arrw-hypersonic-missile-for-the-first-time>) to its menu of available weapons options.

Check out the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCrp8Sw_tI8

*Contact the editor: Tyler@twz.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

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