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

Boeing Defense Systems has secured a major $2.04 billion task order from the U.S. Department of Defense to advance the B-52 ...

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 ...

Most modern aircraft use four jet engines, but the B-52 bomber has eight. The reasons start in one frantic weekend its ...

The Air Force expects to finish qualification testing of the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress by the end of 2024. And the service plans to make a Milestone B decision on the Commercial ...

The first B-52 Stratofortress with new equipment from the Radar Modernization Program has been delivered to the Air Force for testing, the service announced this week.

DAYTON, Ohio—The Air Force’s complex effort to put new engines and radars on its 1960s-era B-52 Stratofortresses is running billions of dollars over budget, according to service officials. The service ...

Summary: The B-52 Stratofortress, the gold standard of long-range strategic bombers, will receive Rolls-Royce F130 engines, enhancing its longevity. The B-52s with these new engines will be known as ...

The B-52s in service today outwardly resemble those that flew in the 1950s, but their interiors have been repeatedly modernized over the years. First introduced in 1955, the B-52 Stratofortress has ...