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Air Force awards $766 million for B-52 upgrades beyond 2050

The B-52’s latest technology is being purchased for a service life stretching beyond 2050, but it is entering a modernization portfolio already carrying substantial cost, schedule and maintenance risk ...
The Cold War-era B-52 bombers are getting modern engines and updated radar systems that will replace the 1960s powerplants ...
The U.S. Army said it made two major acquisition decisions this summer for the B-52 Stratofortress modernization program, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force's B-52 bomber upgrades are delayed and over budget by billions of dollars. The B-52 Stratofortress has been ...
The B-52 bomber is considered a marvel not only of the U.S. military but of all aviation history. The massive plane remains a workhorse for the Air Force seven decades after it debuted in the 1950s, ...