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Friday, March 25, 2011
Pentagon stops work on alternate JSF engine
The Defense Department issued a stop-work order Thursday for an alternative engine for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft. The order comes after the Bush and Obama administrations and the Pentagon pushed to end finding for the F136 engine.
It pulls $450 million that would have gone to General Electric and Rolls-Royce, the extra engine’s manufacturers.
“In our view, it is a waste of taxpayer money that can be used to fund higher defense priorities, and should be ended now,” a DoD statement said.
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