The Air Force is spending $48.6 billion to transform the B-52 into the B-52J, with new Rolls-Royce F130 engines, a modern ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The B-52 Stratofortress was born into a world of black-and-white television and slide rules, yet it is now being rebuilt to fight in an era of hypersonic weapons and AI-enabled swarms. The United ...

In addition to the F130 engines, the B-52J upgrade will include several other modernizations. The bomber will get a new radar system, improved avionics, updated displays, and enhanced wheels and ...

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 ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Rolls-Royce is preparing an F130 engine for altitude tests at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tennessee, as part of upcoming ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Rolls-Royce says it remains on schedule to conduct the critical design review (CDR) of the F130 production configuration for the U.S. Air Force B-52J reengining program this fall as ...

It seems like it's been forever since we learned that the B-52 Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber will get new engines, but as we get ready to step into 2025, word reached us about the new ...