B-52 Squadrons

Abstract

The B-52H is a long-range bomber capable of delivering the widest variety of nuclear and conventional standoff and direct attack munitions in the Air Force. The Air Force plans to fly the B-52H to 2050. The B-52H modernization efforts are needed to perform current and future wartime missions and to ensure relevance, lethality and survivability. Additionally, modernization projects alleviate aircraft obsolescence issues due to Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) while at the same time providing improved capabilities to the B-52H weapon system that require significant hardware and software development and testing. B-52 funding also supports innovation activities including, but not limited to tech demonstrations, studies, analyses, requirements definition, and quick-reaction capability prototypes/demonstrations to accelerate planning for technology transition, technology insertion, and future acquisition programs. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY21 21.218M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY22 22.899M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
0101113F_7_3600_PB_2023
Change Summary Explanation
FY2021 adjustment of -$15M for Above Threshold Reprogramming FY21_11PA The FY 2022 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2023 through FY 2026 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the change between the two budget positions for FY2023 cannot be made in a relevant manner. FY2022 10M increase for Global Strike Innovation Hub and 2M increase for B-52 Training Automation. FY2022 55M decrease for B-52 CERP Rapid Prototyping Material Contract Delay and 26M decrease for B-52 Radar Modernization contract delay.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Contractors
  • Fabrication
  • Frequency Bands
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance
  • Manufacturing
  • Navigation
  • Open System Architecture
  • Product Development
  • Radar
  • Radio Equipment
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Prototyping
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training Devices
  • Warfare

Readers

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