{"id":84936,"date":"2026-01-06T17:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/06\/us-air-force-awards-boeing-2b-contract-to-begin-b-52-engine-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:27:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:27:54","slug":"us-air-force-awards-boeing-2b-contract-to-begin-b-52-engine-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2026\/01\/06\/us-air-force-awards-boeing-2b-contract-to-begin-b-52-engine-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force awards Boeing $2B contract to begin B-52 engine upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In December the Air Force awarded Boeing Defense Systems a more than $2 billion contract to start the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/12\/16\/new-b-52-engines-pass-key-design-review-prepare-for-altitude-tests\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/12\/16\/new-b-52-engines-pass-key-design-review-prepare-for-altitude-tests\/\">engine replacements<\/a> on the B-52H Stratofortress, marking a major step forward for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/02\/12\/the-new-b-52-how-the-air-force-is-prepping-to-fly-century-old-bombers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/02\/12\/the-new-b-52-how-the-air-force-is-prepping-to-fly-century-old-bombers\/\">overhaul of the venerable Cold War-era bomber<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Dec. 23 contract announcement, the Pentagon stated that the task order for the Commercial Engine Replacement Program, or CERP, requires Boeing to modify a pair of B-52s with new engines and associated subsystems \u2014 and then test the aircraft. This will be development and systems integration work intended to take place after the CERP program\u2019s critical design review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CERP program is a massive project to extend the lives of the Air Force\u2019s 76 B-52s \u2014 already more than six decades old \u2014 into at least the 2050s, and perhaps to 2060. If the bombers reach that point, they will have been flying for about a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force eventually wants to have a two-bomber fleet made up of B-52s and at least 100 Northrop Grumman-made stealth B-21 Raiders, in the most sweeping revamp of its bomber force in at least a generation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service plans to retire its B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and B-1 Lancers \u2014 which are becoming harder and more expensive to maintain \u2014 throughout the 2030s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The B-52 overhaul, expected to cost $48.6 billion in all, will be so extensive that the bombers will be redesignated the B-52J. Aside from receiving a new complement of Rolls-Royce-made F130 engines, the B-52 will receive, among others: a new modernized radar; improved avionics; communication upgrades; new wheels and brakes; and new digital displays to replace the original dashboard of analog dials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first B-52 to receive an upgraded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2025\/12\/15\/b-52-with-key-radar-upgrade-flies-to-edwards-for-testing\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2025\/12\/15\/b-52-with-key-radar-upgrade-flies-to-edwards-for-testing\/\">Active Electronically Scanned Array radar<\/a> flew to Edwards Air Force Base in California in December. Boeing installed the new Raytheon-made AN\/APQ-188 Bomber Modernized Radar System \u2014 which is expected to provide upgraded navigation and improved targeting capabilities, and work in a variety of weather conditions \u2014 at its San Antonio, Texas, facility before airmen flew it to Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing will conduct the work on these B-52s in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; San Antonio, Texas; Seattle, Washington; and Indianapolis, Indiana, the Pentagon said. 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