US Threat To Rolls-Royce's Fighter Engine -- The Independent
A string of engine design problems means Congress is questioning the whole funding of the JSF project.
Rolls-Royce's development of an engine for America's new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft has hit more problems, fuelling a campaign by President Barack Obama's administration to remove the UK company from the $300bn (£180bn)project.
It appears that Rolls-Royce must redesign a key component, which critics claim is the latest in a string of failings that will increase costs and delay the introduction of the world's most high-tech jet.
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More News On The F-35
F-35 Controversies and Counterclaims, December 2009 -- Defense Industry Daily
More on the Joint Strike Fighter -- Center For Defense Information
Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter May Need More Money, Analyst Says -- Bloomberg
U.S. Says Lockheed Must Pay Part of F-35 Cost Overruns -- New York Times
U.S. wants Lockheed to share F-35 cost hikes -- Reuters
UK confident U.S. will hand over F-35 fighter codes -- Reuters
UK anger as America refuses to share secrets of new radar-evading Lockheed F35 fighter jet... that Britain helped pay for -- The Daily Mail
Japan mulls F-35 purchase as next main fighter jet -- AFP
Japan hedges its bets on Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter -- domain-b.com
Israel sticks to its guns on F-35 -- UPI
U.S. may allow Israeli upgrades to F-35 fighter jet -- Haaretz
US pitches unique F-35 fighter jet to Israel -- Reuters
Lockheed defends progress on F-35 despite concerns -- Reuters
Joint Strike Fighter: We Were Told This Would Happen -- Huffington Post