In the near future, the US Air Force’s B-52 bombers will be equipped with Rolls-Royce F130 turbofan engines, dramatically ...

In addition to the F130 engines, the B-52J upgrade will include several other modernizations. The bomber will get a new radar system, improved avionics, updated displays, and enhanced wheels and ...

For one reason or another, airplanes, no matter their make or use, have a habit of being very reliable, in the sense that they can still fly, safely, decades after they rolled off the assembly lines.

Rolls-Royce said the new engines planned for the B-52 Stratofortress will go into more intensive altitude testing in early 2025, now that it has passed its critical design review. (Staff Sgt. Lauren ...

Testing of the AE 1107F turboshaft engine is underway at Rolls-Royce’s Indianapolis facility, the company’s main US ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Rolls-Royce says it remains on schedule to conduct the critical design review (CDR) of the F130 production configuration for the U.S. Air Force B-52J reengining program this fall as ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—Rolls-Royce is preparing an F130 engine for altitude tests at the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tennessee, as part of upcoming ...

It seems like it's been forever since we learned that the B-52 Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber will get new engines, but as we get ready to step into 2025, word reached us about the new ...

The next chapter of the B-52 story is not about a new airframe, it is about turning a Cold War workhorse into a digitally ...

Car enthusiasts will know Rolls-Royce as a maker of ultra-luxury cars, and aviation enthusiasts will know Rolls-Royce as a maker of engines for some of the world's most famous aircraft. Originally, ...