The United States is doubling down on one of its oldest yet most versatile combat aircraft, handing Boeing roughly $2 billion to overhaul the B-52 bomber fleet for decades of additional service. The ...

Boeing will test new Rolls-Royce engines on two B-52 Stratofortress aircraft at its Port San Antonio facility.

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will replace the TF33 engines with the new F130s. The U.S. Department of War ...

Boeing received a $2 billion contract last month to start work on extending the life of 60-year-old U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers into the 2060s. The program to upgrade all 76 B-52Hs is ...

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 ...