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F-35 Program Addressing F135 NMC Rate Due to Engine Maintenance

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F-35 Program Addressing F135 NMC Rate Due to Engine Maintenance
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron lands in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility on July 25 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said that it is addressing a higher than desired non-mission capable (NMC) rate for maintenance of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter's F135 engine by RTX's [RTX] Pratt & Whitney. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report in July last year said that “the F-35 program has not met the 1 percent goal for non-mission capable due to engine maintenance (i.e., the engine is undergoing or awaiting organizational-level maintenance and the aircraft is not able to fly).”…

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