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Air Force Chief: GE, Rolls Should Cover More F136 Development Costs

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force's top officer yesterday suggested that companies developing an alternate engine for the Pentagon's next-generation fighter aircraft cover more of the engine's development costs to persuade the government to buy both systems. General Electric [GE] and Rolls-Royce are developing the F136 alternate engine for the $300 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. United Technologies Corp.'s [UTX] Pratt & Whitney unit, manufacturer of the primary F135 engine, is lobbying to become the sole engine supplier for…

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