U.S. Air Force May Launch Study On Replacing B-52 Radar

Published: Aug 04, 2005
Source: aviationnow.ecnext.com



The U.S. Air Force has begun thinking about possibly buying a new radar to help sustain the venerable B-52H Stratofortress bomber for decades to come.

Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Finch, who leads a team at Langley Air Force Base, Va., that works on various B-52 modernization and sustainment programs, said he hopes that the Air Force will approve a funding request to conduct a formal study on a potential radar program. The money likely would come from the Air Force's fiscal 2007 budget request, which the Bush Administration is expected to send to Congress in about six months.

Finch said the study, which would probably take a year or two to complete, would confirm whether a new radar is needed. It also would explore what a new radar should be capable of doing and help determine when would be a good time to buy it.continue..