PARIS — For the past two decades, F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin and F135 engine producer Pratt & Whitney have been tied together in a marriage over the fifth-generation fighter. But every marriage hits a rocky point, and a recent fight over the future of the engine has lifted tensions to a shockingly public level.
To: Fish Speaker
2 posted on
06/22/2023 8:58:56 AM PDT by
Brian Griffin
(Sandy Berger - $50,000 fine + 2 years probation + 100 hours community service + clearance suspended)
To: Fish Speaker
3 posted on
06/22/2023 9:03:02 AM PDT by
Brian Griffin
(Sandy Berger - $50,000 fine + 2 years probation + 100 hours community service + clearance suspended)
To: Fish Speaker
GE’s fighter aircraft engine division was created by Pentagon subsidies to introduce competition in the engine procurement. Looks like P&W was successful in killing GE’s competition in this battle and doesn’t want it to come back.
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06/22/2023 11:26:00 AM PDT by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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