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Final B-52 Re-Engine RFP Expected Early 2020, Contract Award to Come in 2021

Final B-52 Re-Engine RFP Expected Early 2020, Contract Award to Come in 2021
The B-52 Stratofortress. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

The Air Force’s scheduled date to issue a final request for proposals for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) has been pushed back to early 2020, with contract award coming over one year later, per service documents and officials. The service had previously expected to release the final RFP by the end of 2019, but a notice posted Dec. 5 on the federal contracting website Beta.SAM.gov said the release date had been pushed back several months. The CERP program…

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