By Marina Malenic The cost of the F135 engine program is expected to increase by about $1 billion in light of a three-year extension of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) flight tests, as well as the need to improve the engine's performance, industry officials said last week. Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies [UTX], is the engine's prime contrator. Last month, the Pentagon extended the F-35 flight test program by three years and added about 1,500 flights for…
F-35 Restructure Could Add $1 Billion To F135 Development
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