joint strike fighter

The GE/Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team just received a “stop work” order from the Department of Defense instructing them to halt efforts on the F136 competitive engine for the Joint Strike Fighter until there’s a final resolution of the program’s future.
Although the F136 development contract does contain a “stop work” clause, [...]

With the Senate poised to vote on whether to continue funding the F136 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter, the way in which competition can dramatically reduce costs, improve performance, and lead to fewer groundings and accidents has been at the forefront. But the large fighter engine industrial base in [...]

At one of its aircraft hangars in Connecticut on February 22nd, Pratt & Whitney plans to host what’s being dubbed a victory “rally to celebrate” Wednesday’s vote in the House to hand it a $100 billion engine monopoly for the Joint Strike Fighter. Apparently the U.S. Senate’s upcoming vote on [...]

In his press conference yesterday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates argued against continued funding for the competitive F136 engine being made for the Joint Strike Fighter. His comments left out important details about the engine and relied on cost estimates discredited by the Government Accountability Office. We’d like to set [...]

In a January 7, 2011 editorial, The Wall Street Journal argues that the Joint Strike Fighter program — the largest defense procurement in U.S. history — does not need the competitive engine being made by GE and Rolls Royce. It contains several inaccuracies and rehashes old myths that need clarifying. [...]

In our recent video with John Lehman — Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1987 — he warned that not having an engine competition for the new Joint Strike Fighter risks a repeat of the disastrous outcomes of the initial F-14 and F-15 programs. Now, retired generals [...]

As Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1987, John Lehman was certainly never one to shy away from a fight — whether it’s standing up to enemies overseas or battling bureaucracy at home. When it comes to the Joint Strike Fighter, he’s just as vocal [...]