These engines will go into the 18th lot of F-35 fighters being built by Lockheed Martin, largely at its facility in Forth ...

The F-35 program is under intense pressure due to severe problems with its critical Block 4 modernization. -The new TR-3 ...

Instead, Kendall said during a March 10 briefing on the fiscal 2024 budget, the military will stick with and upgrade the F-35’s current engine — a major win for F135 maker Pratt & Whitney.

Beyond the battlefield, the F-35 Lightning II program serves as a massive economic engine for the United States, supporting ...

Can F-35 Engine Plan Get Foreign OK? The U.S. Air Force decided to upgrade the existing engine instead of pursuing a new adaptive engine, and will likely talk to partners about the change later ...

A key design review for the F-35 fighter jet’s engine upgrade will take place several months later than originally predicted, as the government adds another level of review to the process. An ...

All three F-35 fighter variants are powered by Pratt & Whitney's F135 turbofan engine, and it's upgradeable tech will keep it ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s program to upgrade the F-35′s engines could start to run out of money early next year if a budget is not passed in time, officials told lawmakers Tuesday.

The current-spec F-35 is powered by a single Pratt & Whitney afterburning turbofan engine which generates about 43,000 pounds of thrust (F-35A). The engine is potent enough to push the plane to a ...

A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine undergoes accelerated mission testing in Sea Level Test Cell 3 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Nov. 15, 2021. The F135 is the engine used to power the F-35 Lightning II.

Ever since 2016, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has been looking for a new engine to slap into its fifth-generation F-35 fighter plane. The engine didn’t get to be detailed until 2019, and testing ...

The Marine Corps is only days (maybe hours) away from declaring its version of the F-35 fighter operational, signaling that the most important challenges the tri-service program faced have been ...