Pratt & Whitney admitted that the company had suspended delivery of F135 engines to Lockheed Martin since May over concern that a supplier may have provided “suspect” titanium.
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Category: Marines
NAVAIR looking for replacement engine for V-22
Navy Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has a request for information (RFI) out there seeking an alternative engine to power all V-22 models.
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Harrier that landed on a stool fixed with help from 3D printing
The AV-8B Harrier that was forced to land without its nose gear lowered has been repaired with help from 3D printing.
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U.S. Army to perform independent software safety analyses for F-35
The F-35 Joint Program Office has selected the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to perform independent software safety analyses of the aircraft.
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F-35 test planes cleared to fly 6 six hours before engine inspections
The Pentagon has further eased restrictions imposed on the F-35 test fleet by allowing the roughly twenty jets to to fly six hours between engine inspection if their missions involved aerial refueling missions and weapons testing.
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