Gates Seeks Help To End JSF Alternate Engine

By Michael Bruno michael_bruno@aviationweek.com

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he will continue funding the General Electric-Rolls Royce F136 alternate engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program for now, but hopes tea party lawmakers and budget hawks in the House this week will help cancel the unrequested program congressionally.

In a Pentagon briefing to reporters on the Fiscal 2012 ...

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