The planned replacement of aging Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-103s is intended to keep the B-52s flying after the B-1 and B-2 ...

Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force validated the F130's ability to meet performance requirements for the B-52 missions, ...

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Rolls-Royce has completed altitude and operability testing of the F130 engine, a key milestone in the USAF B-52 re-engining ...

Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced it has completed altitude and operability testing on the F130 engines for the B-52 ...

The new upgrade package—on top of an existing $2.6 billion contract with UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce—will keep the B-52 bombers flying indefinitely into the future. The United States Air Force ...

The U.S. Air Force has locked in its next move to keep the venerable B-52 bomber flying well into midcentury, awarding Boeing roughly $2 billion to carry the re-engining effort into its next phase.

Each B-52H Stratofortress is powered by eight turbofan engines. The Rolls-Royce F130 engines that will be installed are anticipated to keep the aircraft (which now have an average age of 64 years) in ...

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing Defense Systems, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a $2.04 billion task order for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) Post-Critical ...

A popular gaming engine is helping Boeing to refit 60-year-old B-52 bombers for another three decades of service. To see how new Rolls-Royce F-130 engines would work on the U.S. Air Force’s ...

A recently released fiscal 2024 report by the Pentagon Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) noted concurrency challenges for the re-engining of the B-52 bomber fleet under the U.S. Air ...

The new engine pod covers, worth 1.2 million USD, will assist in preventing damage to the B-52 engines. Pilots and maintainers at Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) now have new engine covers ...