Posted on May 31, 2023
B-52 Re-Engining to Get New Program Baseline in the Fall, with ‘Some’ Cost Increase
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OKLAHOMA CITY—There will be “some” cost increase on the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) when it gets its new official baseline this fall—but concerns about a massive spike are unfounded, program officials said.
The new baseline will come as officials decide whether the program is ready for the engineering and manufacturing development phase, and it will add money to what had not previously been a fully-funded project, officials told reporters at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. But the new cost and schedule baseline have not yet been finalized.
The venerable B-52 is slated to not only get new engines in the coming years, but new engines, communications, and navigation gear too.
The new baseline will come as officials decide whether the program is ready for the engineering and manufacturing development phase, and it will add money to what had not previously been a fully-funded project, officials told reporters at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. But the new cost and schedule baseline have not yet been finalized.
The venerable B-52 is slated to not only get new engines in the coming years, but new engines, communications, and navigation gear too.
B-52 Re-Engining to Get New Program Baseline in the Fall, with ‘Some’ Cost Increase
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The price of everything is going up, including labor. MSgt (Join to see) but it’s about time we have some inventory that hasn’t been flying for 50 years already,
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SPC Kevin Ford
Maj Kim Patterson Just to show how much time flies, the "newset" B-52 is over 60 years old. I'm going to go take some Geretol now.
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Great airplane and workhorse. We have kids flying the same planes their grandfathers flew. The reason it is still viable is that they sat alert for so many of thier earlier years so basically they were new. Now with all these modifications they will fly another 30 +years.
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That’s a good point! I forgot about all those years. We use to have the BUFF’s out here at Fairchild AFB. Now they are strictly a tanker squadron of KC-135’s and occasionally visits from Navy F-18 and P-3 Orion’s.
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"Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth told lawmakers on Jun. 17, 2021 that the total program cost of re-engining the B-52H fleetof 76 airplanes will be about $11 billion, a 9 percent jump over a previous estimate because of more up-to-date data."
"Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth told lawmakers on Jun. 17, 2021 that the total program cost of re-engining the B-52H fleetof 76 airplanes will be about $11 billion, a 9 percent jump over a previous estimate because of more up-to-date data."
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