F-35 Engine Teams Accuse As House Vote Looms

By Graham Warwick

Invective over the competition to power F-35 Joint Strike Fighters is rising as the U.S. House of Representatives nears a floor vote on whether to strike funding for the F136 second engine from a key committee’s mark-up of the Fiscal 2011 defense budget.

The General Electric/Rolls-Royce team is accusing opponents of the F136 of spreading “misinformation” ...

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