The center console will also feature an updated throttle station, to control the B-52’s eight new Rolls Royce F130 engines, which will be digitally managed.Ī Boeing statement accompanying the image said it shows off “new 8 x 10 digital displays, hybrid mechanical-to-digital throttle system, new data concentrators units (2x), new engine fault maintenance recorder, new engine air data system (and) modified system panels, as well as structural, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic updates associated with this modernization effort.” ![]() The displays may also play a role in employment of the B-52’s new hypersonic weapons-the bomber will be the initial platform for the AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW-as well as its new nuclear weapon, the Long-Range Stand-Off missile, or LRSO. The digital image, released by Boeing to Air & Space Forces Magazine, shows a layout with many new “glass cockpit” color displays, but retaining some of the “steam gauges” and analog-style displays from the B-52H’s six decades of service.ĭominating the dashboard will be four large color multifunction displays which will present a variety of flight status information, as well as imagery from the B-52’s new radar system-derived from the F/A-18’s AN/APG-79 radar-as well as presentations of the new B-52 datalink and imagery from Sniper or Litening optical/infrared targeting pods.
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