Air Warfare

Cold War Era To Modern Mission Success: Digital Engineering Transforms The B-52

Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation, and Pratt & Whitney have invested hundreds of thousands of hours of digital engineering on the podded mount for the digital engines to virtually attach to the bomber's wing, as well as on other tests such as understanding airflow properties of the aircraft.

By Barry Rosenberg on June 04, 2021 9:12 am

The B-52 Stratofortress is a unique example of how a Cold War-era platform can be updated for cutting-edge advantage and enhanced modern, strategic capability. The Air Force’s B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) is doing just that with the retrofit of new commercial engines originally designed for business aircraft.

The multi-billion-dollar B-52 CERP is part of the Air Force’s newly unveiled “eSeries” approach, where systems are designed, built, and tested in a virtual environment before prototype hardware is built. This innovative digital engineering approach will save time and reduce risk on the large-scale upgrade program.

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