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Old dog, new engines

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posted on Jul, 23 2020 @ 05:58 AM
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a reply to: Zaphod58
But not the GE Passport? Shame if so, I really like that engines numbers. It would be a great future proofing engine to go with.
Edit: Reading the article closer it appears the Passport is still in the mix. It will be interesting to see the 3 most modern engines in the offering compared.

edit on 23-7-2020 by thebozeian because: (no reason given)



posted on Jun, 19 2021 @ 07:57 PM
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The CERP budget increased 9% to $11B.

www.airforcemag.com...



posted on Aug, 6 2021 @ 10:27 PM
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posted on Sep, 22 2021 @ 12:59 PM
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The Air Force may announce the selection of new engines as early as the next 30 days.



posted on Sep, 22 2021 @ 03:04 PM
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This plane is incredible here to stay for ever



posted on Sep, 24 2021 @ 05:25 PM
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The contract was awarded to Rolls Royce. The initial award was $500M, with a total possible award of $2.6B if all options are exercised. They will supply 608 commercial engines, plus spares, and support.


Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, has been awarded an estimated $500,870,458 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a six-year base period for B-52 Replacement Engines, with a potential total of $2,604,329,361 if all options are exercised. This contract provides for 608 commercial engines plus spare engines, associated support equipment and commercial engineering data, to include sustainment activities, to be used on the B-52H bomber fleet. The location of performance is Indianapolis, Indiana, and work is expected to be completed by Sept. 23, 2038. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition in which one solicitation was posted and four offers were received. Fiscal 2021 research and development funds in the amount of $5,464,452 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8107-21-D-0001).

www.defense.gov...



posted on Sep, 22 2022 @ 12:48 AM
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posted on Oct, 19 2022 @ 07:51 PM
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posted on Oct, 19 2022 @ 08:06 PM
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a reply to: madmac5150

Did my first 5 years on the buff, while yea she needs to be retired atm she is still the only true all weather bomber, when I left her in 2001 we averaged 90+% MC rate.

B-1 hates to be cold and wet, (worked this one to) at ellsworth a good winter MC rate was 20%.

B-2 what I was told in inclement weather they had issues with their paint job. (pure hearsay didnt work it, just guys I talked with at 7 level school)

So till the b-21 is up in running they only have 1 real dependable option to get em in the air and put war heads on foreheads.

At least in 07 B-1 and B-2 both had waivers for minimum allowed MC rate.



posted on Oct, 20 2022 @ 03:45 AM
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a reply to: Zaphod58
Wonder if they have stopped smoking now..



posted on Oct, 22 2022 @ 09:55 PM
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originally posted by: Zaphod58
New configuration

The USAF decided that having the B-52's engine pods refitted with newer engines (two per pod) was more cost-effective given that refitting the B-52H fleet with four turbofans would require new pylons. Boeing just released a CG image of the B-52's future cockpit, which has new “glass cockpit” color displays, yet retains some of the “steam gauges” and analog-style displays from the baseline B-52H. In particular, the new cockpit to be fitted to the B-52Hs will not just incorporate images from the new radar system that will be provided for the B-52 but also have center console modified to feature an updated throttle station to control the new Rolls Royce F130 engines.



posted on Oct, 22 2022 @ 10:02 PM
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a reply to: Potlatch

Going to four engines was never an option. It would require a massive redesign to much more than just the pylons, and losing one engine would make the aircraft significantly harder to control, in addition to losing 25% of their thrust.



posted on Oct, 22 2022 @ 10:02 PM
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a reply to: Blackfinger

Not yet, since the first one won't see the new engines until 2025 at the earliest.



posted on Mar, 1 2023 @ 05:35 PM
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The F130 has begun testing of the pod system.

theaviationist.com...



posted on Mar, 1 2023 @ 06:15 PM
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originally posted by: Zaphod58
The F130 has begun testing of the pod system.

theaviationist.com...


If they aren’t building brand new airframes, what’s the point?

It’s like the company who’s putting PT-6 turbines on old ass ww2 airframes such as the Bassler DC-3.



posted on Mar, 1 2023 @ 07:05 PM
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a reply to: 38181

Range increase to 12,000 miles unrefueled, significant power increase, AESA radar, new jammers capable of possible stand off role, improved ARRW and LRSO capabilities. That's the point. It's the same point as upgrading any other airframe. They can't build new B-52s, so we should scrap the best stand off platform we have instead of upgrading them?



posted on Mar, 1 2023 @ 10:57 PM
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originally posted by: 38181

originally posted by: Zaphod58
The F130 has begun testing of the pod system.

theaviationist.com...


If they aren’t building brand new airframes, what’s the point?

It’s like the company who’s putting PT-6 turbines on old ass ww2 airframes such as the Bassler DC-3.


The B-52H fleet has a lower operating cost compared to the B-1B and B-2. When the B-2 first flew and the USSR was in the throes of death, it was clear to the soon-to-be-disbanded Strategic Air Command, the Government Accountability Office, and some Pentagon officials that the cost of replacing all B-52s in service with the number of originally procured B-2s would be too high. It's no wonder that the continued operational career of the B-52H helped the USAF save money maintaining an adequate number of strategic bombers in the post-Cold War period by offsetting the puny number of B-2s built.

If George W. Bush had chosen not to invade Iraq and instead let anti-Saddam forces in Iraq do their bidding overthrowing Hussein just because they called his use of chemical weapons on his own people sacrilegious, the B-1B fleet would not have had as much wear and tear when flying at slow speeds during bombing runs. In any case, however, the B-1B remains in the process of retirement as the USAF prepares for the first flight and eventual operational deployment of the B-21 Raider.

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