The B-52 ("BUFF") is getting a big, ugly, fat, f***ing upgrade: The re-engined bomber is about to be deadlier than ever.
5.4.1 发动机改造 | Engine retrofit In a study for the USAF in the mid-1970s, Boeing investigated replacing the engines, changing to a new wing, and other improvements to upgrade B-52G/H aircraft as an alternative to the B-1A, then in development.[125] 【参考译文】20世纪70年代中期,波...
Boeing has selected Collins Aerospace to join the modernisation effort to keep theB-52 bomberflying into the 2050s. Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon subsidiary, will upgrade the aircraft with a new electric power generation system (EPGS). The EPGS will be an upgrade to the B-52’s current 70-...
B-52J Upgrade of B-52H with Rolls Royce F130 engines, a variant of the AN/APG-82 radar, and new communications and navigation equipment. To be operational before the end of the 2020s.[133]【参考译文】B-52H将升级配备罗尔斯·罗伊斯F130发动机、AN/APG-82雷达的变种型号以及新的通信和导航设备...
Dropped B-52 Bomber Engine 'Shelled Itself' in Training Mishap - SAFETY Defense NewsValerie Insinna
When General Nathan Twining, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957, called the Boeing B-52 “the long rifle of the air age” shortly after it entered service on June 29, 1955, no one imagined that the eight-engine, 390,000-pound bomber would still be oper...
When General Nathan Twining, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1957, called the Boeing B-52 “the long rifle of the air age” shortly after it entered service on June 29, 1955, no one imagined that the eight-engine, 390,000-pound bomber would still be operational ...
While it did see active service, the problem was that it was pretty much obsolete the moment it arrived in 1946. During its development, the jet engine created and that changed the future of aviation. The Boeing Corporation was commissioned to develop a new bomber. The working name of the ...
The Air Force would like to replace the bomber's APQ-166 terrain following and mapping radars, which are essential for low-level flight. A bomb bay upgrade will allow the B-52 to carry JDAM satellite-guided bombs and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) in its internal bay. St...
WASHINGTON — General Electric, Rolls-Royce, and Pratt & Whitney will compete for the chance to outfit theU.S. Air Force’s B-52 bomber fleetwith new engines, with a contract award projected for June 2021. The Air Force released a request for proposals for the B-52 Commercial Engin...