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Air Force

Reducing Development Risk Key to B-52 Re-Engining Program

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

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Reducing Development Risk Key to B-52 Re-Engining Program

A technician at Tinker AFB, Okla. does “blue dying” on a TF33 engine’s fan blades to show they’ve been worked on (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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…

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