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The $2,000,000,000,000 F-35 Stealth Fighter Has an Engine Problem

The F-35’s current, trouble-prone F135 engine, now requiring a multi-billion-dollar fix, is a direct result of “penny-wise, pound-foolish” decisions made decades ago. -A historical analysis traces the ...
Trump proposed upgrading the F-35 to a twin-engine F-55 and modernizing the F-22 to a “Super” F-22. Aviation experts question the feasibility of these upgrades. While speaking on Thursday in Doha, ...
The U.S. Dept. of Defense made a $2.88-billion award to Pratt & Whitney in a modification to a prior contract for manufacturing 141 more F135 engines. Those engines are the power source for the F-35 ...
Erdoğan and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a deal worth up to £8 billion (approximately $10.7 billion) for 20 U.K ...
You may recall a couple of weeks ago when we reported, based on our own crude analysis of a Pentagon contract announcement, that the latest batch of engines for the Marine’s F-35 fighter would cost ...
The F-35 has earned its reputation as one of the most advanced and lethal fighter jets in service today. Manufacturer Pratt & Whitney (part of RTX) was awarded a contract to deliver a new batch of ...
Despite support from Boehner and other Congressmen, House voted against F35 Feb. 16, 2011 -- Congress voted to strip federal funding for a jet engine the President doesn't want and the Pentagon says ...
General Electric Co and Rolls Royce have ended their project to build an alternate engine for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 joint strike fighter, reports Reuters. The decision announced last Friday, is ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday that no additional cracks have been found on F-35 fighter engines during inspections begun after the February 19 incident that halted flights of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, defying the Pentagon for a fourth straight year and a presidential veto threat, voted to preserve a second engine program for the multinational ...
The F-15 Eagle is a fourth-generation fighter that still has a relevant part to play in military strategies. This is even although fifth-generation fighters like the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor ...