The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over one weekend (and will probably fly for 100 years)
America's B-52 will likely fly for more than 100 years before it retires, but it was actually designed in a hotel room over 48 hours.
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America's B-52 will likely fly for more than 100 years before it retires, but it was actually designed in a hotel room over 48 hours.
“There's a lot that can go wrong on the program management side,” Col. Louis Ruscetta, senior materiel leader of the B-52 division, said of the bomber's upcoming modernization. “We have to try to manage and reduce what can go wrong."
The Stratofortress bombers will be ready for another quarter-century of operations.
The B-52 is the old workhorse of the U.S. Air Force, and by giving it new engines, it has also received a new lease of life and will serve for 30 years.
The development of the cutting-edge bomber has been sped up by the utilization of advanced technologies, including digital engineering.