Posted on 09/25/2021 8:26:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Rolls-Royce (OTCPK:RYCEY, OTCPK:RYCEF) is awarded a contract to provide upgraded engines for the U.S. Air Force's B-52 bomber fleet in an award that could grow to $2.6B, the Department of Defense announces, beating out General Electric (NYSE:GE) and incumbent Pratt & Whitney (NYSE:RTX).
Rolls-Royce was given an initial six-year $501M base contract to supply 608 engines for installation on the Air Force's 76 active-duty and reserve B-52s, which could grow to $2.6B if all options are exercised
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Have seen it many many times.
Or seriously fails at plugging B-52 into any search engine then hitting ‘Images’.......
He plays the Brit officer by the coke machine. He plays Dr. Strangelove. And astonishingly, he plays the President.
Amazing movie. And the B-52 was still secret at that time. Nobody was allowed looks inside. The interior was accurate enough that SAC conducted a security review to explain how the inside layout of the 52 was so close to reality.
The last B-52 pilot has not been born yet....
The B52 is just a good, basic flying truck for carrying a payload.
It’s why they endure.
The beauty of having more than one aircraft engine becomes brutally obvious when you have an engine failure and your jet becomes a brick.
Maybe Rolls Royce kicked back money to Hunter - or added a little something extra to our WOKE Generals. Did you know Lloyd Austin lives in a multimillion dollar mansion? And that none of these guys can win a war?
Retrofits often replace the entire pylon, engine, and nacelle. The big problem is room under the wing. That was the problem for the larger diameter engine retrofitted to the 737 Max 8. The big nacelle engine had to be moved forward to provide ground clearance which changed the aerodynamics which, in turn, were compensated for in software.
The reason for 8 engines is the technology didn’t exist in turbines to run a 25,000 lb thrust turbojet. The Air Force took existing 10,000 lb engines and put them in pairs to make the equivalent to a larger engine. 8 engines means 80,000+ lb thrust.
The J57 engine that powered the original B52 originally also powered the 707,kc135,c141,dc8,even some fighter jets the f100&101,and the sky plane U2, The next gen of the J57 became TF33 and then J52/JT8 that powered the A4,A6,first gen of 737s ,727, dc9,MD80, plus E6 E8 com and planes as well.
And likely as not, won’t be born this century...
Sure they can!
They just won a war in Afghanistan.
Only a quibbler would point out they won it for the Taliban.
A win's a win!
Wiki says the last B-52 Stratofortress was built in 1962.
The B-52 takes eight engines.
Eight engines per plane. Grouped in two per pylon.
Just wrong.
Don’t care about GE but P&W needed the contract.
Nothing wrong with Rolls just not our people.
OK
Maybe this plane needs 8 engines.
How many transmissions does it need?
That must be one heavy clutch pedal.
My first thought was how the Rolls-Royce “Merlin” engine was the perfect upgrade to our P-51 Mustangs.
True to form the USA and our workers be damned. Would love see the kickbacks on this.
“That bomber will be flying for the next 500 years. And then, the Chinese or Taliban will inherit them. ;)”
Good one!
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