B-52 CERP (re-engine)

Name: B-52 CERP (re-engine) acquisition cost growth
Creator: Aous Abdo
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B-52 CERP · Air Force · Boeing / Rolls-Royce

+2% $9.0B (2020) → $9.2B (2022)

B-52 CERP (re-engine): cost trajectory from $9.0B in 2020 to $9.2B in 2022, +2% growth.

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Baseline

$9.0B (2020)

Current estimate

$9.2B (2022)

Cost growth

+2%

Units

76 → 76

Quantity change

Unit-cost change

+2%

IOC

2030s (planned) → 2033 (risk)

Schedule slip

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Cost basis

Confidence

medium · unreconciled

Early and unstable: +2% (BY2019) but this is a PRE-Milestone-B SAR, not yet an established baseline. Air Force officials publicly cited growth toward ~$15B by 2024 — treat this figure as a floor.

Source: B-52 CERP Dec 2022 SAR: $8.96B → $9.15B (BY2019$); GAO-25-107569. PRE-Milestone-B — not yet an established APB.

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