The new engines that will be part of a massive upgrade of the B-52H Stratofortress bomber have passed their critical design ...

The upgrades are part of a plan to keep the B-52s in service until at least 2050, but they're delayed with cost overruns.

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 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 eight-engined Stratofortress was designed to haul heavy bomb payloads long distances, and in that simple, straightforward respect, the B-52 can still perform. The new Rolls Royce F130 engines, ...

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 ...

A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., takes off at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on April 14, 2023. (Airman 1st Class William Pugh/U.S. Air Force) ...

For one reason or another, airplanes, no matter their make or use, have a habit of being very reliable, in the sense that they can still fly, safely, decades after they rolled off the assembly lines.

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 ...

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 ...