![]() ![]() The service also insisted on access to tech data such that it could compete future work on the program among other companies. The Air Force pioneered a number of “digital” firsts on the program, insisting on a paperless proposal in which the competitors’ engines would duke it out on computers. The CERP competition has been underway since 2018 and has been a three-way contest among GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce. The Air Force said it received four proposals for the competitive contract, which also calls for spare engines, associated support gear, commercial engineering data, and “sustainment activities,” the Pentagon said. ![]() The contract value is substantially below initial estimates, which ran as much as $10 billion for the CERP. The engines will be built at Rolls’s Indianapolis, Ind., facilities, where the company said it has invested $600 million in an “advanced manufacturing campus.” The work will require 150 new hires, the company said. The Air Force did not say when the installs will begin. Rolls said the actual number of powerplants, including spares, is 650. The contract calls for Rolls to supply 608 engines, to equip 76 B-52s with eight engines each, with manufacture and installation to be completed by Sept. ![]() The first part of the indefinite quantity-indefinite delivery contract is worth $500.9 million. The F130 engine is flying on the C-37 transport and E-11 BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node) aircraft. If all options are exercised, the work is worth $2.6 billion. The Air Force has selected Rolls-Royce North America as its contractor for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, or CERP, which will supply new F130 powerplants for all 76 of Air Force Global Strike Command’s B-52H bombers, the Pentagon announced Sep. ![]()
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