The new nacelles will house the Rolls-Royce F130 engines selected with the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program. Boeing released a video to announce the completion of the wind tunnel testing of ...

Key Points: The US Air Force is upgrading its B-52H Stratofortress fleet through the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP), creating the B-52J variant intended to serve into the 2050s. -This ...

The most recent development with continued B-52 improvement pertains to the well-known re-engining effort for the aircraft. For many years, the Air Force has been working with Boeing and Rolls-Royce ...

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. [NYSE: SPR] today announced a contract award from The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] to provide engine pylons and nacelles for the initial ...

Rolls-Royce North America has been tapped to supply the replacement jet engines for the venerable Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress nuclear heavy bomber. Beating out GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney, ...

Rolls-Royce has begun testing F130 engines for the United States Air Force B-52 fleet at the NASA Stennis Space Center. Rolls-Royce has announced it has launched F130 engine testing at the company’s ...

Rolls-Royce has commenced testing in support of a re-engining programme for the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Boeing B-52H fleet, for the first time pairing its F130 powerplants in the bomber’s distinctive ...

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing goes through an engine check June 24, 2021, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Photo by Kate Bragg: Courtesy of U.S.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — A contract award for new engines for the venerable B-52 bomber is “imminent” and could occur as early as this month, the U.S. Air Force’s top acquisition officials said Tuesday.

The new engine pod covers, worth 1.2 million USD, will assist in preventing damage to the B-52 engines. Pilots and ...

First taking to the skies in April 1952, and introduced into the US Air Force in 1955, the B-52 Stratofortress has since become a mainstay of American air power. Originally developed as a nuclear ...

The U.S. Air Force’s iconic B-52 Stratofortress bomber will remain the workhorse of the bomber fleet for decades to come. Even though B-52s are far older than the crews that fly them, the bombers have ...