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US Air Force awards Boeing $2B contract to begin B-52 engine upgrades
The upgrades to the B-52's engines and numerous other systems are so dramatic the Air Force plans to redesignate the Cold War ...
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US military to extend life of B-52 bomber fleet with new Rolls-Royce engines
The Air Force now wants to replace them with the Rolls-Royce F130 engine. Boeing, the Air Force, and Rolls-Royce had spent ...
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US Air Force installs new Rolls-Royce engines on 65-year-old bombers instead of retiring them
The B-52 has long relied on Pratt & Whitney TF33 engines developed in the 1960s, which are increasingly costly to maintain.
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Boeing wins B-52 engine replacement programme order from USAF
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing Defense Systems a task order valued at $2.04bn for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program.
Boeing has been given a $2 billion contract to upgrade the USAF's 72 B-52 bombers with new engines, avionics, communication ...
Rolls-Royce upgrades mark the first step in turning the Cold War relic into a frontline aircraft for the 2050s.
US airframer Boeing has been awarded a contract worth more than $2 billion to modernise the company’s iconic B-52H heavy-bomber with new turbofan engines. The US Air Force (USAF) approved the funding ...
The US Air Force is updating its B-52 with new radar technology and engines. US President Donald Trump's STATCOM nominee said the upgrades make the B-52 basically "a new airplane." The upgrades are ...
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Boeing Awarded $2 Billion Contract to Continue Work on B-52’s New Engines
The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will replace the TF33 engines with ...
The B-52 with new radar, delivered to 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, is designed to advance ...
The Barksdale team won with its Airborne Launcher for Expendables-25 Pylon Load Adapter. The device attaches to an existing ...
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