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It shouldn\u2019t be much longer,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Duke Richardson, the Air Force\u2019s top uniformed officer for acquisition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darlene Costello, the service\u2019s acting acquisition executive, said the source selection team is completing its work and the service could be ready to announce a winner \u201cprobably within the month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt could be faster, but they have to do their due diligence, and I\u2019m not going to get in their way,\u201d she said. \u201cI will not step in until they\u2019ve completed their work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force operates 74 B-52s, each outfitted with eight TF33 engines. The service plans to order 592 new engines, plus spares and support, from the winner of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service released a solicitation to industry in May 2020 that initially projected a contract award in June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pratt &amp; Whitney, the incumbent manufacturer of the B-52\u2032s TF33 engine, has proposed its PW800. GE Aviation offered the CF34-10 and Passport engines, and Rolls-Royce put forward its F130 engine for the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first phase of the program, the service chose to use a contracting mechanism called mid-tier acquisition authority, which allows it to accelerate prototyping new technologies while reducing certain regulatory requirements. 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