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Air Force

Pratt & Whitney Looks to Enhanced F-35 Engine for Cooling Advanced Weapons and Saving Billions in Life Cycle Costs

Frank Wolfe

Monday, November 8th, 2021

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Pratt & Whitney Looks to Enhanced F-35 Engine for Cooling Advanced Weapons and Saving Billions in Life Cycle Costs

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Jones, 356th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, salutes a pilot during a launch at Tyndall AFB, Fla. on Oct. 15 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Pratt & Whitney [RTX] has been investing internal funds in an Enhanced Engine Package (EEP) for the company's F135 engine for all three variants of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II--a package that could save tens of billions of dollars in engine life cycle costs and provide the cooling needed for advanced weapons on the fighter by 2027-28. The EEP engine would increase F-35 range and thrust by more than 10 percent each, boost thermal management capacity by more…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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