This could allow the B-52 to reach any point on Earth without support from a tanker aircraft. The other major benefit is that the new engines will come with digital engine controls. These systems ...

As part of the service life extension program, Boeing is replacing the existing engines with Rolls-Royce F-130 engines. The B-52 Stratofortress first flew in 1954 and entered military service in 1955.

The U.S. Air Force’s latest B-52 variant ... and Boeing on developing the F130, which represents just one of the many upgrades set to be incorporated into the B-52J. When the new Stratofortress ...

That unit is powered by a surplus jet engine out of a B-52 bomber. According to Boeing, the Pratt & Whitney turbo fan engine could produce up to 17,000 pounds of thrust. Mayhew says the railway ...