
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Air Force is on track to release a request for proposals to procure new engines for the service’s oldest bomber aircraft within the next month, the service’s top acquisition civilian said Feb. 28. Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper told reporters the service plans to use other transaction authorities to buy new engines for the venerable B-52 strategic bomber fleet. “Our goal is to get industry working quickly,” he said at…