Air Force, Boeing Return To Negotiating Table Over B-52 Upgrade Delays
The Air Force is replacing its B-52 fleet’s inefficient Pratt & Whitney TF33s with new Rolls-Royce F130s.
Credit: Senior Airman Seth Watson/U.S. Air Force
Unusually, it is not a new aircraft program struggling with delays and cost overruns that has brought Boeing and the U.S. Air Force back to the negotiating table. The B-52J upgrade program’s engine replacement and radar modernization plans are both at risk of running behind schedule and over budget...
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