F- 35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter.Team Aims to Decrease JSF Engine Costs By Billions -- Dfense News
The makers of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) engine and a proposed alternative engine have teamed with the Pentagon to develop new heat resistant engine components projected to save billions of dollars in the purchase and maintenance of the engines, according to a Pentagon report to Congress.
"The General Electric Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team developed and implemented third-stage, low pressure turbine vanes made from ceramic matrix composites" to give the airplanes more thrust, range and fuel efficiency due to their lighter weight and increased heat tolerances, according to the Pentagon's Annual Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress, which was published in May.
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"The General Electric Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team developed and implemented third-stage, low pressure turbine vanes made from ceramic matrix composites" to give the airplanes more thrust, range and fuel efficiency due to their lighter weight and increased heat tolerances, according to the Pentagon's Annual Industrial Capabilities Report to Congress, which was published in May.
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Navy Test-Fires Trident Missiles -- Global Security Newswire
American Tech Puts Iranian Satellite Into Orbit -- Strategy Page
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