Is speed no longer the final measure of a fighter plane’s superiority, or has the real battle been relocated to the invisible realm of stealth and sensor integration? In the rivalry between America’s ...

The F-35 Lightning II fills a variety of roles, including air superiority, interdiction, and eliminating air defenses while ...

The F135 Engine Core Upgrade that Pratt & Whitney has proposed “is important to the F-35 international partners because they will field the same configuration and the same engine,” she said.

In a Feb. 28 call with reporters, Jen Latka, vice president of F135 programs at Pratt & Whitney, said the company has already been working on preliminary design for the Engine Core Upgrade, using ...

To the chagrin of Pratt & Whitney’s rivals, the only jet engine the F-35 family has flown with is the F135 turbofan engine. The F135 is well known for its 28,000 lbf (125 kN) of dry thrust and ...

Regardless of adaptive engine implementation, we have to upgrade the F135 to ECU because adaptive engines don’t fit all F-35 platform jets. Even if adaptive engines are adopted in F-35s, they ...

--Pratt& Whitney, an RTX business, announced today that the F135 engine has surpassed one million engine flight hours powering the F-35 Lightning II. "The F135 engine plays a critical role in ...

CT’s Pratt & Whitney gets $1.3B contract for F135 engine upgrades by Lisa Hagen October 1, 2024 @ 2:45 pm Updated October 2, 2024 @ 4:22 pm Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

RTX, with its recent completion of engine core upgradation, is set to enhance the F135 engine's capability to offer improved propulsion for the Block 4 upgrade of F-35 aircraft.

"The F135 engine plays a critical role in maintaining global air superiority for the U.S. and its allies, as it enables the F-35 mission in even the most contested environments," said Jill ...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late Monday, giving a major boost to a program that will modernize the engines used in military fighter jets an… ...

World's most advanced fighter engine continues to deliver on safety and readiness for global F-35 operators EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE ...