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Friday, December 09, 2011

GE and Rolls-Royce scrap F-35 engine


General Electric and Rolls-Royce have terminated their joint F136 engine programme, which aimed to provide an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it has been announced.

Programme funding had already been terminated by the US Department of Defense (DoD) in April, but the GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team (FET) had offered to self-fund the development of the engine into 2012.

The latest decision means the F136 programme is now finsihed.

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