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F136 engine for JSF airplane: US House supports program
Washington, Usa - With 11 votes to 5
(WAPA) - In its Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Funding Bill, the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense voted to fund development of the GE/Rolls-Royce F136 competitive engine for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft program for the 16th straight year.
The 11 to 5 committee vote strongly endorses competing engines for the JSF program. The independent U.S. Government Accountability Office has twice concluded that competing JSF engines could save $20 billion over the life of the program. The F136 engine development is now 75 percent complete. The engine is scheduled to flight test in the JSF F-35 aircraft next year.
The full US House of Representatives voted in May to fund competing JSF engines in its Defense Authorization Bill. (Avionews)
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Direttore Clara Moschini