Boeing and
U.S. Air Force personnel successfully installed the first prototype of a new
B-52 bomber weapons bay launcher. The change improves the aircraft’s weapons
capacity and mission flexibility.
The upgrade modifies an existing common
strategic rotary launcher into a conventional rotary launcher, enabling the
B-52 to carry GPS-guided or “smart” weapons in the weapons bay. The bomber has
been able to carry smart weapons on its wing pylons for years but adding this
capability in the bay increases the quantity and variety of B-52 smart weapons
carriage.
The change is important because, by creating the option to fly the
aircraft with no visible weapons on its wings, it offers crew members greater
mission flexibility to adapt to changing conditions on the ground.
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