B-52 Engine, Radar Upgrades Hit New Milestones
The $21 billion effort will replace aging TF33 engines and add upgraded radars to keep the bomber flying through the 2050s.
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B-52 Stratofortress Is Getting Fresh Everything to Go With the Mother of All Engine Swaps
The B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber was designed in the 1940s, and, while in the military aviation industry it is not unheard of for old platforms to still be operational for decades, this thing really trumps everything else. That’s not only because the plane is already 80 years old, but because the U.S. Air Force and a series of industry partners are working to allow it to fly well beyond the 2050s. If the U.S. manages to... (continue rea…
B-52 Engine, Radar Upgrades Hit New Milestones
The Air Force’s program to re-engine the B-52H Stratofortress has moved from its technology maturation and risk reduction phase to engineering and manufacturing development, marking a new milestone in the sweeping overhaul of the Cold War-era bomber, a top official said Sept. 15. The post B-52 Engine, Radar Upgrades Hit New Milestones appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.
Air Force approves milestones for B-52 CERP and RMP
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Air Force has approved milestones for the two separate overhaul efforts for the decades-old B-52 Stratofortress that are intended to keep the bomber flying into the 2050s, service acquisition chief William Bailey announced today. The Commercial Engine Replacement Program, led by Boeing and Rolls-Royce, entered the engineering and manufacturing development phase in June after Bailey approved milestone B, he told reporte…
Air Force moves key B-52 engine and radar upgrades forward
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force has approved two critical milestones for the B-52 Stratofortress modernization effort designed to keep the heavy bomber flying through the 2050s. Air Force acquisition czar William Bailey told reporters Tuesday at the AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference that the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) achieved Milestone B in June, officially putting the initiative into the engineering and manufacturing d…
After seven decades of service, the U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers go through one of the deepest stages of modernization in their history, with concrete advances in remote sensing and the replacement of their radar. During 2026, both programs reached key milestones in the acquisition process, which allow them to advance towards [...] The entry The U.S. Air Force reaches a new milestone in the remote and modernization of the radar of its B-52 bomber…
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