Air Force OTI office optimistic about business case for B-52 re-engining

By Courtney Albon / February 11, 2016 at 5:32 PM
As the Air Force continues to explore options for financing a B-52 re-engining project, the office in charge of the effort is optimistic the service will identify a feasible way ahead. The service has taken several stabs in the past at launching an effort to replace the legacy bomber's TF33 engine, which has been powering the B-52 since 1952. According to Camron Gorguinpour, director of the service's Office of Transformational Innovation, despite the strong case for giving a 64-year-old workhorse...

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