F-35 might get a new engine in mid-2020s

The F-35’s program manager, Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan, revealed that the stealth fighter might have a new engine sometime in the next decade.

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According to him, the engine refresh will either see improvements being done to the existing F135 turbofan engine or a new engine being installed.

“Whether it finds its way onto the F-35 in the current engine or some modified engine remains to be seen, but we do fully expect in the mid-20s to include some advanced technologies on engines,” said Bogdan.