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If Chosen, XA100 or Derivative Engine Would Require Separate Development for F-35B

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If Chosen, XA100 or Derivative Engine Would Require Separate Development for F-35B
A U.S. Navy Sailor directs a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH-183) off the coast of Japan on Oct. 3, 2021. Marines and Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) embarked aboard Izumo to support the first ever F-35B Lightning II operations aboard a Japanese vessel (U.S. Marine Corps Photo)

While General Electric's [GE] proposed XA100 Tri-Variant Adaptive (TVA) for the F-35 has a degree of commonality with the company's XA100 design for the U.S. Air Force F-35A, adapting the XA100 engine or a derivative of it for the U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft would require a separate development effort, per the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO). GE has said that it began working with the F-35 JPO in the fall of last year…

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