Air Warfare

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

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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