Sam Eckholm on MSN

How the F-35’s Most Powerful Fighter Jet Engine Is Built

Step inside the making of the F-35 Lightning II engine, where advanced technology, extreme precision, and cutting-edge design ...
American Machinist

Pratt & Whitney Wins $2.8B for F-35 Engines

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 ...
National Security Journal on MSN

China’s New J-35 Is No F-35 Stealth Fighter (For Now)

China’s J-35 borrows the F-35’s silhouette and internal bays, and it’s being tailored for carrier ops on Fujian. -But ...
Time

Vertically Challenged: Marine F-35 Engines’ Long Lead, Much Higher Cost

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 National Interest

Pratt & Whitney Awarded New Contract for F-35 Engines

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 ...
Aviation Week

Pratt Receives Fifth F-35 Engine Production Deal

LOS ANGELES — As it nears the delivery of the 100th production standard F135 engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $1 billion low-rate initial ...
ABC News

House Cuts F-35 Engine From Spending Bill

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 ...
Reuters

House defies veto threat, funds 2nd F-35 engine

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 ...
Aviation Week

F-35 Engine Cleared For Edge-Of-Envelope Flight Tests

LAS VEGAS — Pratt & Whitney says oil starvation tests have been conducted on the F135 to clear the engine in advance for the extreme phases of ongoing high angle-of-attack flight tests of the F-35 ...
Yahoo

Pentagon cuts back F-35 upgrades to slow schedule slips: Auditors

The F-35 program is delaying some of its planned Block 4 upgrades as it focuses on delivering capabilities as early as 2031. (A1C Eli Rose/Air Force) The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is scaling ...
Reuters

Pentagon says no additional cracks found in F-35 engines

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 ...