B-52 Re-Engining Cost Up 9% Due to Fresh Data, ‘Industrial ‘Realities’
June 17, 2021
The total program cost of re-engining the B-52H fleet of 76 airplanes will be about $11 billion, a 9 percent jump over a previous estimate because of more up-to-date data, Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth told lawmakers June 17.
Roth told the Senate Armed Services Committee that recent press reports of a 50 percent increase are incorrect. This new number reflects information obtained from virtual prototyping of the system, along with “a re-assessment of the requirement” and the inherent complexity of integrating a modern, commercial engine onto the “aging platform that the B-52 is,” he said.
The cost increase also takes into account the “realities of buying from the current industrial base,” Roth said.
https://www.airforcemag.com/b-52-engining-cost-up-fresh-data-industrial-realities/
