AURORA, Colorado—Test engines meant to keep the B-52 Stratofortress in the skies through the bomber’s 100th birthday are expected to be delivered in 2027 after recent key performance evaluations, ...
Rolls-Royce said on Friday that its F130 engine passed a U.S. Air Force Critical Design Review (CDR)–a step “clearing the way for final development, test, and production efforts to proceed and taking ...
Rolls-Royce has completed altitude and operability testing of the F130 engine at the USAF’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex in Tennessee, validating performance for the B-52J bomber upgrade ...
Rolls-Royce completed altitude and operability testing on its F130 engine, a milestone on the path to modernisation of the B-52J programme. (Rolls-Royce) Rolls-Royce announced in February that it ...
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 ...
Rolls-Royce said on Feb. 24 that it has completed altitude and operability testing for the company’s F130 engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) ...
The B-52 Stratofortress is one of the oldest machines in service anywhere within the US military. But the mid-19th-century bomber will be getting a modernizing update in the form of brand new Rolls ...
It’s been so long since the news of the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber being readied for the mother of all engine swaps reached us that I almost forgot it’s even happening. That’s because ...
The B-52 Stratofortress is one of the oldest machines in service anywhere within the US military. But the mid-19th-century bomber will be getting a modernizing update in the form of brand new Rolls ...