![]() ![]() Officials considered re-engining the fighter with the powerplants - known as “adaptive engines” that use a third stream of air to enable more fuel-efficient flight while cruising and higher thrust when in combat - to provide greater power and thermal management as the F-35 program moves to enhance the fighter with a suite of capabilities known as Block 4. Launched in 2016, AETP has carried Pratt & GE through prototyping activities to develop a new engine for the F-35A. As a result, the service’s FY24 budget request seeks $245 million to fund an engine upgrade offered by P ratt and will shutter the Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). The new engine was simply too costly to develop, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said in a Friday budget briefing, even though he stated that the new powerplant “was a really good fit” for the service’s F-35A. WASHINGTON - In a major victory for incumbent manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, the Air Force has decided not to pursue a new engine for the F-35A in its fiscal 2024 budget request, dashing the hopes of potential competitor General Electric and likely ensuring that Pratt will continue to power the global Joint Strike Fighter enterprise for years to come. Updated 1:20 pm ET with comment from Pratt & Whitney, following that of General Electric. The F135 is the engine used to power the F-35 Lightning II. A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine undergoes accelerated mission testing in Sea Level Test Cell 3 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Nov. ![]()
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