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 AESA radar, and major weapons and cockpit upgrades. This breakdown explains ...

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 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 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 Facts You Need to Know on B-52J: The US Air Force is upgrading its B-52 Stratofortress bombers, re-designating them as B-52Js. -The most significant change is the replacement of the old engines ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each B-52H Stratofortress is powered by eight turbofan engines. The Rolls-Royce F130 engines that will be installed are anticipated to keep the aircraft (which now have an average age of 64 years) in ...

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 ...