F136 Team In Bid To Jump-Start Competition

By Graham Warwick
Washington

General Electric and Rolls-Royce are pinning hopes of saving the F136 from cancellation on an extended offer of fixed prices on early production engines. The proposal bids to offset projected costs to complete development used by the Pentagon to justify canceling the second engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

With half the savings expected to come from price ...

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