R??th??n, ?n RTX ??sin?ss, ??liv???? th? ?i?st B-52 ?ctiv? ?l?ct??nic?ll? sc?nn?? ????? ????? (AESA) t? B??in? ??? th? U.S. Ai? F??c?’s B-52 R???? M????niz?ti?n P?????m. This ?i?st ????? will ?? ?s?? ??? s?st?m int????ti?n, v??i?ic?ti?n, ?n? t?stin?. Th? B-52’s n?w ????? will ?n??l? im???v?? m???in? ?n? ??t?cti?n ??n?? ?n? inc???s? th? n?m??? ?? t????ts th? ?l?t???m c?n ?n???? sim?lt?n???sl?. Al?n? with im???v?? m???s ?n? c????iliti?s, th? AESA ????? will h?l? c??ws s?? ???th??, m??? ?cc???t?l? ?n? h?v? inc???s?? sit??ti?n?l ?w???n?ss. Th? ??v?nc?? ????? ??????? will ?ns??? th? ?i?c???t ??m?ins ??l?v?nt ?n? missi?n ????? th????h its li??tіm?. P????cti?n ?? th? ?????s is t?kin? ?l?c? in F???st, Mississi??i ?n? El S???n??, C?li???ni?. Th? ??m?inin? t?st-?h?s? ?????s ??? ?x??ct?? t? ?? ??liv???? th????h th? s?mm?? ?? 2024.

“This n?w AESA ????? will ?iv? th? B-52 m??? c????ilit? th?n it h?s t???? ?n? ?ll?w ??? th? ??ssi?ilit? t? ?nh?nc? ?cc?ss t? ???wth c????iliti?s in th? ??t???. A l?t ?? ?m?zin? c?ll?????ti?n ?? ??? B??in? t??m, R??th??n ?n? th? Ai? F??c? m??? this ??ssi?l?,” s?i? J?nni??? W?n?, s?ni?? ?i??ct??, B??in? B?m??? P?????ms.

“O?t?ittin? th? B-52 with ?n AESA ????? ???l?c?s its c????nt 1960s ????? t?chn?l???. With ?n AESA ????? ?n ?????, th? B-52 will ??in im???v?? n?vi??ti?n ?n? t????tin? c????iliti?s in hi?h?? th???t ????s,” s??s Mich?ll? St?cz?nski, vic? ???si??nt ?? A?il? R???? S?l?ti?ns ?t R??th??n.

Un??? th? c?nt??ct, R??th??n is ??si?nin?, ??v?l??in?, ?n? ?????cin? th? ????? s?st?ms ??? th? ?nti?? U.S. Ai? F??c? B-52 ?l??t. Th? B??in? B-52 St??t????t??ss is ?n Am??ic?n l?n?-??n??, s??s?nic, j?t-??w???? st??t??ic ??m???. Th? B-52 w?s ??si?n?? ?n? ??ilt ?? B??in?, which h?s c?ntin??? t? ???vi?? s?????t ?n? ???????s. It h?s ???n ?????t?? ?? th? Unit?? St?t?s Ai? F??c? (USAF) sinc? th? 1950s. Th? ??m??? c?n c???? ?? t? 70,000 ???n?s (32,000 k?) ?? w????ns, ?n? h?s ? t??ic?l c?m??t ??n?? ?? ????n? 8,800 mil?s (14,200 km) with??t ???i?l ?????lin?. Th? B-52 sh???? m?n? t?chn?l??ic?l simil??iti?s with th? ???c??in? B-47 St??t?j?t st??t??ic ??m???. Th? tw? ?i?c???t ?s?? th? s?m? ??sic ??si?n, s?ch ?s sw??t wіп?s ?n? ?????? j?t ?n?in?s, ?n? th? c??in incl???? th? c??w ?j?cti?n s?st?ms.

O? th? ?v???ll ?m??nt, th? R???? M????niz?ti?n P?????m ?l?n? cl?ims $845.9 milli?n, ???kin? in ’27 ?t $271.95 milli?n. S?????t?l?—n?t incl???? in th? ???c???m?nt ?cc??nt—??s???ch, ??v?l??m?nt, t?st, ?n? ?v?l??ti?n ?ss?ci?t?? with th? R???? M????niz?ti?n P?????m is ?????st?? ?t $371 milli?n, ?n?in? in 2026. Th? RMP ???c???m?nt ??n?in? is t? ???c??? 74 ????? kits, th??? t??inin? s?st?ms kits, ?n? tw? ?n?in???in? ?n? m?n???ct??in? ??v?l??m?nt kits. Th? n?w ????? is ? v??i?nt ?? th? R??th??n AN/APG-79/82, ?n ?ctiv?, ?l?ct??nic?ll?-sc?nn?? ????? (AESA) ????? ?s?? ?n th? N?v?’s F/A-18 S???? H??n?t ?i?ht??. It ???l?c?s th? APG-166, which th? Ai? F??c? s??s s?????s ???m s?v??? “v?nishin? v?n???” iss??s ?n? ???ts ????l?ms th?t will m?k? th? ????? “?ns?????t??l?” ?????? 2030. Th? B-52’s n?s?-m??nt?? ?l?ct??-??tic?l ?list??s will ?? ??m?v?? ?n? ? n?w ????m? inst?ll?? with th? n?w ?????.