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Pratt & Whitney Calls For Funding Of Component Program After F119 Engine Criticism

Pat Host

Monday, April 27th, 2015

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Pratt & Whitney Calls For Funding Of Component Program After F119 Engine Criticism

Maintenance staff inspect one of the 10 Luke AFB F-35s sent to Nellis AFB for a training deployment, April 15, 2015. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

A Pratt & Whitney executive on Monday called on Congress to fund the Air Force’s Aircraft Engine Component Improvement Program (CIP) following a pair of critical reports from government watchdogs over the company’s progress with the F-35’s engine, the F135.The Defense Department inspector general (DoD IG) on Monday released a report that found 61 "nonconformities," or violations of AS9100C, regulatory requirements and DoD policies during an inspection. DoD IG found the F135 critical safety item (CSI) program did not meet…

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