The U.S. Air Force has locked in its next move to keep the venerable B-52 bomber flying well into midcentury, awarding Boeing ...

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rolls-Royce said the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress will go into more intensive altitude testing in early 2025, now that it has passed its critical design review. (Staff Sgt. Lauren ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boeing Co. placed a contract with Spirit AeroSystems to provide engine pylons and nacelles for initial phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP), a U.S. Air Force program to ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. -- When the latest iPhone comes out, two years later that technology is obsolete. Buy a new flat screen smart TV and five years later there's something better and cheaper. But the ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force wants to continue operating the venerable B-52 bomber through 2050. As I have written recently, that would make it the longest continuously operating jet in history. In order to ...

It was 75 years ago this June that the U.S. Army Air Forces first awarded Boeing a modest $1.7 million contract to begin work on a new strategic bomber. Later this year, the 76 remaining B-52 ...