
While the U.S. Air Force is looking at boosting engine power on Boeing [BA] B-52H bombers for future missions, the service and Boeing also want to reduce the risk in the development program for the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) which is one of a number of modernization efforts to keep the Air Force fleet of 76 B-52Hs flying beyond 2040. In the realm of increasing overall engine power of the aircraft, limiting CERP risk means not going through the…