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F135 STOVL Engine Completes Thermal Testing

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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

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Pratt & Whitney's F135 short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant propulsion system for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter took one more step toward government certification recently with the successful completion of thermal testing, the company said yesterday. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. [UTX] company. The high temperature margin test, which took place at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tennessee, involves intentionally running the engine to turbine temperatures beyond design conditions while simultaneously operating the turbomachinery at or…

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