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

Rolls-Royce has begun testing F130 engines for the United States Air Force B-52 fleet at the NASA Stennis Space Center. Rolls-Royce has announced it has launched F130 engine testing at the company’s ...

Rolls Royce has started testing their new F130 engines at the NASA Stennis Space Center, according to a press release. The engines will be to replace the Pratt and Whitney TF33 engines currently being ...

Rolls-Royce is poised to begin a third phase of ground tests with a pair of dual-podded F130 turbofans for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52J re-engining program and is on track to undertake the critical ...

While the B-52 has remained in service for nearly three-quarters of a century, consistent upgrades help make the legendary ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Rolls-Royce has created a new engine controls capability near the campus of Purdue University to support its U.S. defense business, including the F130 engine competing for the U ...

Of course, the long-range strategic bomber we currently see in the skies above our heads is no longer the same as the one born after the Second World War, at least beyond its outer shell. That’s ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Rolls-Royce selected Indianapolis as the site of a proposed plant to build the F130 engine for the U.S. Air Force B-52 fleet. The B-52 program would include 650 new engines for ...

Rolls-Royce plans to build its F130 turbine at a modernised factory in Indiana if selected by the US Air Force to replace the engines on the service’s fleet of Boeing B-52 bombers. The USAF programme ...

INDIANAPOLIS–The new Rolls Royce F130 engine may be built in Indianapolis. The Monday announcement was also that 150 people would be added to help build the engine. The Indianapolis facility is ...