# Collins Aerospace selected for B-52 wheel and brake retrofit program

Collins Aerospace has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to design and develop a new wheel and carbon/carbon composite brake for the B-52 Stratofortress, leading to a fleet retrofit of 77 aircraft.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-05-03
- Where: Iowa, United States
- Value: $12.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: wheel and carbon/carbon composite brake, DURACARB carbon heat sink material
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Collins Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/11989.md)
- [U.S. Air Force](https://endata.com/companies/1019.md) (customer)
- [Defense Logistics Agency](https://endata.com/companies/2888.md) (customer)
- [Collins Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/11989.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/collins-aerospace-selected-to-retrofit-us-air-force-b-52-with-composite-brakes), 2021-05-03: "Collins Aerospace has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to design and develop a new wheel and carbon/carbon composite brake for the B-52 Stratofortress, leading to fleet retrofit of 77 aircraft."
- [defensedaily.com](https://www.defensedaily.com/contract-awards/contract-award-collins-aerospace-cedar-rapids-iowa-12016370/), 2021-05-05: "Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded an estimated $12,016,370 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract for the production of ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation receiver transmitters."

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