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F-35D: The Ferrari Super F-35 with NGAD 6th Generation Fighter DNA

Key Points and Summary - The "F-35D" is not an official aircraft but a catch-all name for various proposed upgrades. -Past concepts included a canceled short-takeoff variant and another with a more ...
American Machinist

Pentagon Awards $370M for Future F-35 Engines

Pratt & Whitney is cleared to proceed with procurement and planning for about 270 more F135 turbofan propulsion systems - ...
Aviation Week

Warner asks Pentagon to reconsider elimination of JSF alternate engine

Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) urged the Defense Department on Feb. 6 to reconsider plans to drop the alternate engine program from F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production. "If we have but a single engine then ...
Arizona Daily Star

House panel not letting F-35 alternate engine die

WASHINGTON - A House panel on Wednesday moved toward reviving the alternate engine for the next-generation F-35 fighter plane over objections of President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who ...
The National Interest

The US Is Spending $3 Billion on New F-35 Engines

The F-35 Lightning II fighter jet is the most expensive fighter procurement program in modern history. Pratt & Whitney, the engine manufacturer for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet, recently ...
Defense News

Navy awards Pratt $2.9B contract to build more F-35 engines

Pratt & Whitney is under contract to deliver 141 F135 engines for the 18th lot of F-35s. (Rick Goodfriend/Air Force) The U.S. Navy on Friday awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract modification worth up to ...
Houston Chronicle

Is It Time to Stick a New Engine in the Lockheed Martin F-35?

If you are an investor in United Technologies stock -- or in Lockheed Martin for that matter -- I've got some good news for you, and some bad news, too. The good news: As of today, it's been more than ...
The Aviationist

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $2.8B Contract for New Lot 18 F-35 Engines

The $2.8B contract funds 141 F135 engines for U.S. services and allies, securing production, spares, and upgrades through February 2028. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a major contract, valued at ...
Aviation Today

Pratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment

RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.6 billion U.S. Navy contract for sustainment of F135 engines for the tri-service and international F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon said ...
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F-22 vs. F-35: Speed, stealth, mission role, and why the US Air Force needs both

Only 186 F-22 Raptors will ever exist. Lockheed Martin’s production line shut down in 2011, and no restart is planned.
The National Interest

What Are the Three F-35 Variants—and How Are They Different?

Engine One Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-400 afterburning turbofan (43,000 lbf) One Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-400 afterburning turbofan (43,000 lbf) with Rolls-Royce LiftSystem for STOVL capability One Pratt ...