The US arm of Britain's Rolls Royce won a contract worth up to $2.6-billion to supply engines for the US Air Force's B-52H bomber fleet.
File: A US bomber B-52 bomber accompanied by an Indonesian F-16 fighter jet during a joint exercise over Sulawesi waters in Indonesia.WASHINGTON - The US arm of Britain's Rolls Royce won a contract worth up to $2.6-billion to supply engines for the US Air Force's B-52H bomber fleet, the Air Force announced.
The company's Indianapolis, Indiana manufacturing unit was awarded a $500.9-million"indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity" contract over six years for replacement engines for the B-52s, the long-range Stratofortress bombers that have been a mark of US strategic power since the 1950s. The contract has a potential total value of $2.6-billion"if all options are exercised," the Air Force said.
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