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 FY22 20.576M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY23 25.415M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This FY 2024 funding request was reduced by 15.300 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances. 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, 2024
Source ID
0101113F_7_3600_PB_2024
Change Summary Explanation
FY22 -$26.696M adjustment is for reprogrammings and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) FY23 -$47.206M adjustment is congressional marks for program delays FY24 +$218.561M adjustment is to support CERP-related activities that include procuring test engines, acquiring long-lead material, sub-system testing, additional manpower resources, and supporting sub-system critical design efforts.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineered Resilient Systems (Alumni COI)
  • Kinetic Weapons
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Digital Communications
  • Employment
  • Frequency Bands
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Intelligence Surveillance And Reconnaissance
  • Military Applications
  • Multiple Access
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Open System Architecture
  • Product Development
  • Radar
  • Radio Equipment
  • Reliability
  • Software Development
  • Software Prototyping
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.

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