WASHINGTON — The Pentagon this week awarded Pratt & Whitney a sole-source contract worth as much as $870 million to sustain the Cold War-era TF33 engines that power the Air Force’s B-52H ...

Contract will support fleet readiness for NATO's "eyes in the sky" EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received an $18 million TF33 ...

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will ...

Pratt & Whitney remains confident that a TF33 upgrade package it is developing would keep the fuel-guzzling Boeing B-52 bomber, an eight-engine goliath, flying into 2040 and beyond. The aircraft was ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force has locked in its next move to keep the venerable B-52 bomber flying well into midcentury, awarding Boeing ...

The Air Force wants new engines for its venerable B-52 Stratofortress bomber fleet, but there's no money in the budget to pay for them, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said Tuesday. Proposals ...

WASHINGTON — After years of deliberation over whether to buy new engines for the decades-old B-52 bombers, Air Force officials say they are closer than ever to making a decision. For the past two ...

Senior Airman Josh Serafin monitors the ignition of B-52H Stratofortress engines at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. Each B-52 uses eight TF33 engines to fly. (Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong/U.S. Air Force) ...

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing Defense Systems a task order valued at $2.04bn for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement ...