The Air Force's Office of Transformational Innovation is hoping to submit a business case to service leadership for a B-52 re-engining effort within the next few months after working through remaining statutory questions about the proposed financing model. The Air Force expects to continue flying the B-52 through the 2040s and potentially into the 2050s; its Pratt & Whitney-built TF33 engine has been in service since 1952. The service has considered a re-engining effort several times, but those attempts were...
