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U.S. Air Force Expects Program Initiation for B-52 Radar Modernization This Month

U.S. Air Force Expects Program Initiation for B-52 Radar Modernization This Month
A radar navigator (left) and navigator (right) sit side-by-side inside a B-52H at Barksdale AFB, La. in 2012. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force expects to initiate the Radar Modernization Program (RMP) for the Boeing [BA] B-52 bomber this month. "B-52 RMP is preparing for a Milestone B decision in April 2021 to award the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) contract and continue with the completion of subsystem-level and System-level Critical Design Reviews (CDRs) by late 2021," per an email from Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) Bombers Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The Air Force has said that the B-52's…

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