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Rolls-Royce: F130 Engine for B-52 Passes CDR

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Rolls-Royce: F130 Engine for B-52 Passes CDR
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress with the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron takes off from RAF Fairford, England on Dec. 10th. The squadron returned to Barksdale AFB, La. after completing the Bomber Task Force deployment, the Air Force said (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Rolls-Royce said on Friday that its F130 engine passed a U.S. Air Force Critical Design Review (CDR)--a step "clearing the way for final development, test, and production efforts to proceed and taking another step toward delivering the upgraded B-52J" to the service. The Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) and Radar Modernization Program (RMP) are the Air Force's key modernization efforts for the Boeing [BA] B-52H bomber. The modernized bombers will carry the B-52J designation. The F130's blessing in CDR "is…

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