Finally! America Tests Its Powerful New F130 Engine for the B-52 Bomber
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 Engine Replacement Program by the end of the summer, which would allow it to move into its engineering and manufacturing development phase, officials said in an interview with Defense News.
These developments will mark critical milestones in the Air Force’s effort to upgrade its fleet of 76 Cold War-era B-52s with new engines, radar, avionics, and other improvements to keep it flying until perhaps 2060, about a century after the B-52H was first introduced. The planes’ 1960s-era TF33 engines are at the end of their working lives, and are to be replaced by Rolls-Royce’s F130 engine.
The engine contract with Rolls-Royce is worth $2.6 billion; when the development, integration, test and production of other major subsystems is factored in, the cost estimate is roughly $12.4 billion.
Thank you for watching our video, don't forget to like, comment and subscribe.
- Finally! America Tests Its Powerful New F130 Engine for the B-52 Bomber ( Download)
- Rolls Royce F130 Engine for B-52 Fleet Begins Testing ( Download)
- U.S. Air Force Tests Rolls-Royce F130 Most Powerful Engine on B-52 Bomber Aircraft ( Download)
- Rolls-Royce Begins Testing of New F130 Engine for B-52 Stratofortress ( Download)
- US B-52 Bomber to be Upgraded with Powerful Hypersonic Missiles! ( Download)
- ROLLS ROYCE Begins F130 Dual Pod Engine Test For B52 ( Download)
- This Engine Will Change Aviation Forever ( Download)
- The B-52 Will Fly For Over 100 Years With Its New Rolls Royce Engines! ( Download)
- Meet The B-52J : The Air Force’s New Bomber - US Leading the way ( Download)
- Exclusive : U.S tests the new B-52 Stratofortress and after upgrade ( Download)
- Rolls Royce B-52 NEW ENGINE | The Aviation Game-Changer You Must know About! ( Download)
- How America's Ultimate Bomber Evolved - B-52 ( Download)
- This Genius US Invention Changed the B-52 Stratofortress Forever ( Download)
- B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program | Edwards AFB ( Download)
- FB-111 Engine vs. B-52 Engine (full video on our channel) ( Download)
