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 ...

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 B-52 Stratofortress is undergoing a massive modernization to remain a cornerstone of U.S. airpower into the 2050s, potentially serving for 100 years. The core of this upgrade is the new B-52J ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force is not set to reach initial operational capability (IOC) with its re-engined B-52 bombers until Fiscal Year 2033, some three years later than originally planned, amid delays and ...

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.

The U.S. Air Force said that wind tunnel testing that finished in early June validated inlet redesign of the Rolls-Royce F130 engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program ...

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 ...

Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 25 a plan to manufacture parts and assemble a military version of the BR725 turbofan engine in Indianapolis, if the company later this year wins a U.S. Air Force ...