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SEPTEMBER 2010
Gates Is Right: An Extra Engine For F-35 Wastes Money
Loren Thompson
The Lexington Institute
September 1, 2010
AUGUST 2010
Gates Hits Mark on Fiscal Restraint Editorial Board
San Antonio Express-News
August 18, 2010
P&W Parries GE's F-35 Thrust Claims
John Reed
Defense News
August 27, 2010
Pratt Raises Stakes In JSF Engine Battle
Guy Norris
Aviation Week
August 27, 2010
JSF STOVL Engine Testing -- Seen Up Close
Guy Norris
Aviation Week
August 27, 2010
Defense Cuts Don't Mean a Weak Military
Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel
USA Today
August 27, 2010
Defense Procurement Politics: F-35 Backup Boondoggle
Sarwar Kashmeri
The New Atlanticist
August 9, 2010
No,
Again, to F-35 Alt-Engine: Schwartz
John Reed
Defense News
August 4, 2010
Competition for Extra Engine Has Run Its Course
General William Begert
Palm Beach Post
August 3, 2010
july 2010
Self-Styled Budget Hawk Mike Pence Defends Spending $560 Million On Unnecessary Weapons Program
Alex Seitz Wald
Think Progress
July 31, 2010
QDR Panel Dodges F136 Support
Colin Clark
DoD Buzz
July 30, 2010
Another $450 Million For Fighter Engine The Military Doesn't Want
Congress Okays More Cash For Jet Engine That May Have Already Cost $3 Billion
Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross
ABC News
July 28, 2010
FLASHBACK: Boehner Said That Wasteful Pentagon Spending ‘All Ought To Be Eliminated’
Pat Garofalo
Center for American Progress
July 27, 2010
GE
Finds Itself on Wrong Side of Obama's Defense Agenda
Dan Eggen
The Washington Post
July 27, 2010
Political
Combat Over A Fighter Jet's Engine
Peter Overby
National Public Radio
July 27, 2010
Panel
Seen Approving F-35 Engine, Risking Veto
Christopher Drew
The New York Times
July 27, 2010
Does Competition Have a Future in Defense?
Loren Thompson
Forbes
July 26,2010
Pentagon Faces Intensifying Pressures to Trim Budget
Thom Shanker and Christopher Drew
The New York Times
July 23, 2010
Joint Strike Fighter's GE Jet Engine: We Can't Afford It
Editorial
The Los Angeles Times
July 22, 2010
Boeing Ally Not Expected to Seek Funds for More C-17s
Megan Scully
Congress Daily
July 21, 2010
Alternate Engine Would Be Waste of Money
Lawrence Korb and Loren Thompson
The Richmond Times Dispatch
July 20, 2010
The Great Engine War Is Over
General John Michael Loh
DoDBuzz.com
July 15, 2010
General Electric Wants Its Engine, Too!
Marc Ambinder
The Atlantic
July 13, 2010
Pratt and GE Escalate Alternate Engine Battle in Congress
Deirdre Shesgreen
The Connecticut Mirror
July 14, 2010
The New Bridge To Nowhere?
Politico: Playbook
Mike Allen
July 13, 2010
JUNE 2010
Execs Visit Pratt & Whitney Plant to Drum Up Support for Campaign
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
June 30, 2010
Stop Wasting Our Money
Fort Dodge (Iowa) Messenger
June 30, 2010
What Others Say: Argument for Second Fighter Engine Won't Fly
Editorial
The Salem News
June 23, 2010
Cut Off Funding For Plane Engine
Editorial
The Wheeling Intelligencer/News Register
June 23, 2010
Frank’s Mixed Views on F-35 Show Difficulty of Cutting Pork
Editorial
The Boston Globe
June 22, 2010
GE Challenges Gates On F136 Performance
Graham Warwick
Aviation Week
June 21, 2010
Gates: Spending Issue Could Cause Veto of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Bill
CNN
June 20, 2010
Editorial: Brown's 'Tough Choices' On Spending
Dedham Transcript
June 20, 2010
General Electric Chastises Gates Over Senate F-35 Testimony
Megan Scully
Congress Daily/Government Executive
June 18, 2010
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the FY2011 Defense Budget
June 16, 2010
Full Transcript of Secretary Gates’s Testimony
Video of Hearing
Gates Says GE-Rolls Royce F-35 Engine Falls Short
Jim Wolf
Reuters
June 16, 2010
Gates Reiterates Veto Threat on Defense Authorization Bill
CQ Politics
June 16, 2010
A Defense Dilemma
Editorial
The Chicago Tribune
June 10, 2010
We Can't Afford the F-35 Engine
Ryan Alexander, President
Taxpayers for Common Sense
The Washington Post
June 14, 2010
Editorial: Fiscal Responsibility Goes Out the Window
The Roanoke Times
June 13, 2010
F-35 Engine War Costly, Wasteful
Lawrence Korb and Loren Thompson
The Hartford Courant
June 13, 2010
A Lot Of Defense Spending Is Earmarking In Disguise
Jay Bookman
Atlanta Journal Constitution
June 7, 2010
CRS: Alt-Engine Could Reduce F-35 Buy
John Reed
Defense News
June 3, 2010
Editorial: Cut Out Defense Pork
Tom Garcia, Candidate for the U.S. Houses of Representatives in Florida
Orlando Sentinel
June 3, 2010
Alternative engine for F-35 Fighter Jet’s Example of Wasteful Spending
Virginia Savietto
Sun Sentinel
June 3, 2010
Editorial: Keep Fighting Wasteful Spending
Sheboygan Press
June 4, 2010
GOP Votes for Spending Boondoggle
John P. Avlon
CNN.com
June 4, 2010
Lockheed Wary Of F-35 Engine Battle Impact
Graham Warwick & Michael Bruno
Aviation Week
June 3, 2010
Open Letter to GE: Americans Have Bigger Issues to Worry About Than Hiking Your Jet Engine Sales
James E. MacDougald
Forbes
June 2, 2010
The Trillion-Dollar Question
John Feffer
The Huffington Post
June 1, 2010
Spare Us The Spare Engines
Editorial
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 1, 2010
MAY 2010
Don't Fund F-35 Second Engine
Editorial
Scranton Times-Tribune
May 31, 2010
Why Did Congress Just Approve Unwanted $485 Million Jet Engine
Max Fischer
The Atlantic
May 29, 2010
Obama Vows Veto of Any Bill to Fund Second F-35 Engine
Jim Wolf
Reuters
May 28
OMB Issues Veto Threat Over F-35 Engine
Roxana Tiron
The Hill
May 27, 2010
Time To Ground The Alternate Engine, Second Power Plant is Costly, Unnecessary
Tom Schatz
The Washington Times
May 27, 2010
Jet Engine Project Divides Lawmakers
Brody Mullins
The Wall Street Journal
May 27, 2010
Fighter Engine War Heats Up
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
May 26, 2010
P&W: Cost For Next Batch of F-35 Engines 10% Less
John Reed
Defense News
May 26, 2010
Gates on Extra F-35 Engine: Don’t Want, Won’t Buy
CQ Politics
May 26, 2010
Defense Secretary Gates's War of Necessity Against Wasteful Spending
Editorial
The Washington Post
May 26, 2010
Why Two Jets Are Not Better Than One
Ryan Alexander, President, Taxpayers for Common Sense
Politico
May 26, 2010
Congress’s Version of the $640 Toilet Seat
Tom Schatz, President, Citizens Against Government Waste
The Boston Globe
May 26, 2010
Unnecessary Extra Fighter Engine: $3 Billion Defense Spending Waste
General John Michael Loh
The Hill
May 25, 2010
2 U.S. Reps Want to Strip F-35 Alt-engine Funds
John T. Bennett
Defense News
May 25, 2010
Ground Funding for Jet Engine
Editorial
Wichita Eagle (KS)
May 25, 2010
U.S. House Readies for Battle Over Fighter Engine
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
May 24, 2010
Pork With Wings: A Second Engine for Texas-made Fighters is Costly Eead Weight
Editorial
Houston Chronicle
May 24, 2010
A $3 Billion Government Boondoggle?
Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross
ABC News
May 21, 2010
Robert Gates Aims to Kill F-35 Jet Engine
Jen DiMascio
Politico
May 20, 2010
Congress May Override Efforts by Secretary Gates to Cut Defense Spending
Craig Whitlock and Dana Hedgpeth
The Washington Post
May 17, 2010
Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighters Arrive Together At Edwards AFB
John R. Kent
Lockheed Martin
May 17, 2010
“The gusher has been turned off …”
Bloomberg TV segment
May 14, 2010
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Multiple Suppliers for F-35 Engines Would Be Wasteful
AZ Rep. David Lujan, House Minority Leader
Arizona Capitol Times
May 14, 2010
Gates Steps Up Campaign to Slash Defense Waste
Robert Burns
The Associated Press
May 8, 2010
Carter: No Case for 2nd JSF Engine
Christopher Cavas
Defense News
May 4, 2010
Costly Earmark Undercuts Fighter (Opinion, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland)
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 4, 2010
APRIL 2010
US Military Backs F-35, Draws Line on More F/A-18s
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
April 13, 2010
Boston Globe: Sen. Brown Abandons Campaign Platform For The Pleasures Of Pork
Loren Thompson
The Lexington Institute
April 8, 2010
Spending Critic Brown backs Mass. Weapons Bid Pentagon Opposes Costly GE Engine
Bryan Bender
The Boston Globe
April 8, 2010
CRS: Alt-Engine Could Reduce U.S. F-35 Buy
John Reed
Defense News
April 2, 2010
MARCH 2010
Gates: Veto Needed If C-17, 2nd JSF Engine Funded
John T. Bennett
Defense News
March 24, 2010
No Alternate Needed: Experience Says Second F-35 Engine Would Be Waste
General John Michael Loh
Defense News
March 15, 2010
Curbing Earmarks: Even with New Restrictions, For-Profits Play a Role
Jeffrey Smith
Washington Post
March 15, 2010
Pratt Defends Cost-Cutting Measures on F-35 Engine
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
March 12, 2010
Navy, Marine Corps Leaders Stick to JSF Message
Christopher Cavas
Defense News (Subscription Required)
March 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin Eyes 90 Extra Joint Strike Fighter
Amy Butler
Aviation Week
March 4, 2010
The F-35 Fighter Program Is Doing Fine. Really.
Loren Thompson
The Lexington Institute
March 4, 2010
FEBRUARY 2010
Cracks Appear in F136 Support
Colin Clark
DoD Buzz
February 24, 2010
Weapons Spending: Much of the Logic Behind Acquisition Reform is Flawed
Dr. Loren Thompson
The Lexington Institute
February 15, 2010
Pratt & Whitney Makes F135 Delivery
UPI
February 3, 2010
The Defense Budget
The New York Times
February 4, 2010
Robert Gates Gets Tough on Jets
Jen DiMascio
Politico
February 1, 2010
Gates Vows 'Final Stand' on Alternate F-35 Engine
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
February 1, 2010
JANUARY 2010
Pentagon Budget Seeks To Kill 7 Arms Programs
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
January 20, 2010
First Test of F-35B Lift-fan System Successful
Bob Cox
Fort Worth Star Telegram
January 7, 2010
Pratt Ramping Up for F-35 Engine Production
Hartford Business Journal
January 7, 2010
DECEMBER 2009
Kerry, Tierney Lost Credibility By Funding Unneeded Engine
The Boston Globe
December 28, 2009
Defense Bill Comes at a Price for Taxpayers
Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
December 22, 2009
NOVEMBER 2009
More JSF Test Planes, Software Work Needed
Amy Butler
Aerospace Daily and Defense Report
November 24, 2009
Pentagon Withheld Information on F-35 Engine Failure, Lieberman Says
Frank Oliveri
CQ Staff
November 13, 2009
F-35 Alternate Engine Problems Delay Deliveries, Drive Up Costs
Loren Thompson
Early Warning Blog/The Lexington Institute
November 12, 2009
GE, Rolls F-35 Engine Deliveries Said Delayed
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
November 10, 2009
Some Sense on Defense Spending
The New York Times
November 4, 2009
Just How Bad Are F136 Problems?
Colin Clark
DoD Buzz
November 2, 2009
GE, Rolls To Redesign Part of F-35 Engine
Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
November 2, 2009
OCTOBER 2009
Obama Signs Defense Bill, Attacks Waste
Roxana Tiron
The Hill
October 28, 2009
Obama Lnks Defense Bill With Hate Crimes Provision
Ben Feller
AP
October 28, 2009
Hate Crimes and Jet Engines
The Washington Times
October 26, 2009
Senate Passes Hate Crimes Bill
Jen DiMascio
Politico
October 22, 2009
Fighter Jet Battle Looms
Shaun Waterman
The Washington Times
October 22, 2009
Gates Warns He Will Ask Obama to Veto Defense Bill Over Chopper, JSF
Roxana Tiron
The Hill
October 15, 2009
In the Defense Budget, Vampire Slayers Missed A Few
Editorial Board
St. Louis Post Dispatch
October 12, 2009
Clear Veto Promise Can Clean Defense Measure
Editorial
The San Antonio Express News
October 10, 2009
‘Dings and Nicks’ Shut F136 Down
Colin Clark
DoD Buzz
October 7, 2009
Engine Makers Fight Over Defense Bill
Jen DiMascio
Politico
October 7, 2009
Armed Services Buck Obama on Jet Engine
Jen Dimascio
Politico
October 6, 2009
Defense Bill Oks F136 Funding
Colin Clark
DOD Buzz
October 6, 2009
Ryan Alexander: Mama Knows Best About the F-35
The Register Citizen
October 8, 2009
Senate Passes Measure That Would End F-35 Backup Engine Program
Bloomberg
October 7, 2009
Engineering A Big Win For Pratt And State
Larry McHugh
The Hartford Courant
October 4, 2009
SEPTEMBER 2009
CAGW Releases Issue Brief on JSF Alternate Engine
Business Wire
September 29, 2009
White House Again Threatens Veto Over F-22, F-35 Engine, VH-71
John T. Bennett
Defense News
September 25, 2009
Umm. The F136 Fixed Price ‘Concept’
Colin Clark
DOD Buzz
September 23, 2009
UTX Foresees 30 pct Cost Drop for F-35 Fighter Engine
Reuters
September 23, 2009
Congressional Boondoggle Would Cost American Taxpayers Billions
Keith E. Phillips
San Francisco Examiner
September 23, 2009
Fighter Prompts K-Street Rruckus
Jeanne Cummings
Politico
September 22, 2009
Pratt to Modify F135 Jet Engine Damaged in Test
Reuters
September 21, 2009
Pratt, GE Battle Over F-35 Contract
Bloomberg News
Gopal Ratnam and Rachel Layne
September 15, 2009
Pentagon Presses UTX to Lower F-35 Engine Costs
Reuters
Andrea Shalal-Esa
September 15, 2009
Duplicate Defense Spending a Big Waste
Barney Bishop, CEO, Associated Industries of Florida
South Florida Sun Sentinel
September 15, 2009
Is Congress Only Following the Law When They Support the JSF's Alternate Engine?
Project On Government Oversight
September 9, 2009
Gates Got It Right: F-35 Extra Engine Unneeded
Loren Thompson
September 8, 2009
Senate Appropriators Decide Against Cash for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Engine
Roxana Tiron
September 9, 2009
Gates Explains Opposition To Alternate F-35 Engine
Aero-News Network
September 3, 2009
Alternative F-35 Engine Is Wasteful
Mike Pompeo
Witchita Eagle
September 3, 2009
AUGUST 2009
Gates Renews White House Veto Threat Over Engine
Anne Gearan
AP
August 31, 2009
Gates Restates Support For F-35, Opposition To Second Engine
Amy Butler
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report (subscription required)
September 1, 2009
Gates Backs Lockheed F-35
Ed Stoddard and Andrea Shalal-Esa
Reuters
August 31, 2009
Gates Presses Lockheed to Meet F-35 Cost, Schedule
Peter Cook, Tony Capaccio and Edmond Lococo
Bloomberg
August 31, 2009
In Fort Worth Visit, Gates Signals Strong Support for F-35 Fighter
Chris Vaughn
Forth Worth Star-Telegram
August 31, 2009
Obama Promises to Veto Unnecessary Defense Spending
Julianna Goldman
Bloomberg
August 17, 2009
Obama’s Address to Veterans
The New York Times
August 17, 2009
GE Revs Up for a Funding Fight
Jen DiMascio
Politico
August 6, 2009
After The F-22
New York Times
August 2, 2009
JULY 2009
CAGW’s Pork Patrol(SM) Takes a Closer Look at Fiscal 2010 Defense Pork
News Release: Citizens Against Government Waste
July 29, 2009
Navy Backs Single JSF Engine As F-35C Rolls Out
Graham Warwick
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report
July 29 , 2009
White House Threatens Veto Over Helicopter
Roxana Tiron
The Hill
7/28/09
Senators Nix Second Joint Strike Fighter Engine
Roxana Tiron
The Hill
July 23, 2009
F-22 Not the Only Wasteful Military Spending
Former State Senator Len Teitelbaum
Baltimore Sun
July 22, 2009
Senate amendment would restore H-1 money
Amy McCullough
Marine Corps Times
July 20, 2009
Citizens Against Government Waste' Takes On F-22, F136 Engine
Aero News Network
Fri, 17 Jul '09
War of Words Erupts Over F-35 Engines
Guy Norris
Aviation Week
July 17, 2009
CAGW to House and Senate Leadership: Nix Funding for the JSF Alternate Engine
News Release: Citizens Against Government Waste
July 10, 2009
CAGW to Obama: Veto of Defense Bill First Test of Fiscal Backbone
Citizens Against Government Waste
July 9, 2009
JUNE 2009
Top Navy Officer Opposes F-35 Alternative Engine
John M. Donnelly
CQ
June 30, 2009
White House Threatens to Veto Defense Bill
Jake Tapper
ABC News
June 26, 2009
Obama’s First Veto Threat Framed as Message on Spending
Keith Koffler
Roll Call
June 26, 2009
White House Says It Would Veto More F-22 Raptor Jet Fundings
Jen DiMascio
Politico
June 25, 2009
White House Threatens Veto Over F-22 Jet FIghters
Richard Lardner
Associated
Press
June 25, 2009
F-22s in Spending Bill May Spur White House Veto
William Matthews
Defense
News
June 24, 2009
Defense Veto Threatened Over F-35 Fighter Engine
Roxana Tiron
The Hill
June 24, 2009
Obama Threatens Veto of Defense Bill Over Fighter Jet Add-on
Megan Scully
Congress Daily
June 24, 2009
Obama Plays Veto Card Against More F-22s, F136s
Stephen Trimble
The DEW Line
June 24, 2009
P&W Military Upgrades the Old, Brings the New
Barry Rosenberg
Defense News
June 18, 2009
Pratt Urges Single Supplier Strategy for JSF
Craig Hoyle
Flight Daily News
June 16, 2009
PARIS AIR SHOW: New Clash in F-35 Power Duel
Stephen Trimble
Flight Daily News
June 15, 2009
Loh: Funding alternative engines for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter a waste of federal dollars
JOHN MICHAEL LOH
Special to the Star-Telegram
June 22, 2009
Thinking About an “Engine War”
Adam J. Hebert
Air Force Magazine
June 9, 2009
Alternative Engine – Still a Bad Idea
Dave Williams
Citizens Against Government Waste
June 2, 2009
Time To Cut What Gets In The Way
Eric Palmer
ELP Defense Blog
June 1, 2009
MAY 2009
Pentagon Budget Provides A Short-term View
Aviation Week
May 8, 2009
CAGW Reacts to Obama’s Budget Cuts
Press Release: Citizens Against Government Waste
May 7, 2009
Pentagon Budget Scraps Funding for 2nd F-35 Engine
Reuters
May 7, 2009
White House: Obama Wants to Cut $17B From Budget
By Andrew Taylor
Associated Press
May 7, 2009
Obama Budget Cuts JSF Alternative Engine
John M. Doyle
Aviation Week & Space Technology
May 7, 2009
CAGW to Obama: Shut Down the JSF Alternate Engine
Citizens Against Government Waste
May 7, 2009
Obama: Budget Cuts Add Up to 'Real Money'
Political Intelligence
May 7, 2009
APRIL 2009
Citizens Group Puts Military Projects on Its List Of ‘Waste’
Stars and Stripes
April 16, 2009
Research: AZ Spends Least On Pork
KPHO: Phoenix, AZ
April 15, 2009
VIDEO: Pigs and Pork at Press Club
The Politico
April 15, 2009
Pigs rolled Out to Protest Government Spending as Tax Day Approaches
Reuters: Front Row Washington
April 15, 2009
MARCH 2009
Pentagon's Unwanted Projects in Earmarks
The Washington Post
March 08, 2009
JANUARY 2009
Pratt & Whitney Faces New Eengine Fight
The Hill
January 20, 2009
DECEMBER 2008
Program Chief Happy with One F-35 Engine
Reuters
December 15, 2008
NOVEMBER 2008
Lockheed Delays First F-35 STOVL Flight Again, but Engine Fix
Flight International
November 24, 2008
Pratt's F135 Completes First Supersonic Flight
Hartford Business
November 15, 2008
Pratt & Whitney's F135 Completes Engine Air Restart On F-35
Aero-News.net
November 10, 2008
Pratt & Whitney Completes F135 Engine Test
Associated Press
November 7, 2008
OCTOBER 2008
Pratt & Whitney Awarded $78M F135 Engine Contract
Aero-News.net
October 27, 2008
Lockheed Martin F-35 Successfully Wraps Up Testing At Edwards AFB
Aero-News.net
October 24, 2008
Pratt Get $78M Engine Contract for Joint Strike Fighter
Hartford Business
October 24, 2008
F-35 Successfully Wraps Up Testing at Edwards AFB
F-16.net
October 23, 2008
F-35 Passes Engine Re-start Ttests at Edwards
October 23, 2 008
Lockheed Logs 50th F-35A Flight
Aero-News.Net
October 2, 2008
SEPTEMBER 2008
F-35A Logs 50th Mission While F-35B Prepares Transition to STOVL flights
F-16.net
September 30, 2008
Pratt & Whitney Receives Production Contract for F135
F-16.net
September 26, 2008
United Technologies Gets $332M Contract Aaddition
The Associated Press
September 23, 2008
AUGUST 2008
House, Pentagon Disagree on F-35 Funds
McClatchy News Service
August 2, 2008
JULY 2008
A Giant Leap: F-35 Readies for Production Ramp-up
Flight International
July 14, 2008
JUNE 2008
F-35B First Flight Boosts JSF as F-22 Loses Supporters
Aviation Week & Space Technology
June 15, 2008
Lockheed Martin CEO Confident About JSF
Defense Technology
June 2, 2008
MAY 2008
US House OKs Defense Bill Despite Veto Threat
Reuters
May 23, 2008
F135 STOVL Earns Certification
United Press International
May 21, 2008
Lockheed Martin to Advance F-35B Engine Tests
Flight International
May 16, 2008
Lockheed Ttest-Fires F-35B Engine
United Press International
May 1, 2008
APRIL 2008
F-35 STOVL Engine Powered Up in Preparation of First Flight
F-16.net
April 27, 2008
MARCH 2008
Pratt & Whitney's F135 Exceeds 9,000 SDD Ground Test Hours
Aero-News.net
March 4, 2008
FEBRUARY 2008
Singapore 2008: STOVL JSF Clears Vibration Testing
Flightglobal.com
February 21, 2008
Should There Be Competition to Power JSF?
Flight International
February 11, 2008
DoD Seeks More Aircraft Funds, Axes Second F-35 Engine
Flightglobal.com
February 5, 2008
Bush Tries Again to Kill Second Engine for F-35
Reuters
February 4, 2008
JULY 2007
The Engine No One Wants Except Congress
CBS NEWS Eye on Your Money
July 20, 2007
Kennedy Pushes $100m Item for Mass.
The Boston Globe
July 6, 2007
DECEMBER 2007
Public Sees Vertical-Landing F-35B For First Time
Aviation Technology
December 19, 2007
Lockheed Martin Readies F-35B STOVL JSF for Roll Out
Flight Daily News
December 14, 2007
AUGUST 2007
Thompson Files: F-35 Engine Follies
United Press International
August 21, 2007
FEBRUARY 2007
Engine Battle Will Restart; Bush Defense Plan Omits Funds for pratt Rivals' Entry
Hartford Courant (Connecticut)
February 6, 2007
JANUARY 2007
JSF 'Exceeds Expectations' in Air
Flight International
January 2, 2007
DECEMBER 2006
VIDEO: Lockheed Martin's First F-35 Lightning II Flight
Flight International
December 18, 2006
F-35A Makes First Flight
Aviation Week
December 15, 2006
PICTURES: F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter First Flight – Short But Sweet
Flight International
December 15, 2006
SEPTEMBER 2006
Picture: Engine Runs Take Lockheed Martin F-35 closer to First Flight
Flight International
September 20, 2006
JULY 2006
F-35 getting Off the Ground 10 Jet Fighters Are In Production, Lockheed Says
The Dallas Morning News
July 19, 2006
Pictures: Exclusive First Photos of Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF Ahead of Official Roll-Out
Flight International
July 6, 2006
JUNE 2006
JSF Special: Future fighter
Flight International
June 27, 2006
Oil Leak Stalls F-35 Alternate Engine During Tests
Flight International
June 6, 2006
MAY 2006
P&W Awarded First F135 Contract
Flight International
May 2, 2006
APRIL 2006
F-35 News: Pratt & Whitney Awarded First Production Contract for Joint Strike Fighter Engines
F-16.net
April 30, 2006
Pratt & Whitney F135 Program Reaches 5,000 SDD Test Hours
F-16.net
April 24, 2006
FEBRUARY 2006
F135 engine makers sign agreement
Flight International
February 21, 2006
PICTURES: Lockheed F-35 JSF gets P&W F135 engine fitting
Flight International
February 10, 2006
NOVEMBER 2005
First JSF Flight-Test Engine To Be Completed In Weeks
Aviation Week
November 8, 2005
AUGUST 2005
Pratt & Whitney Modifying Lead Engine For JSF
Aviation Week
August 5, 2004
MARCH 2005
Pratt & Whitney To Have Seven F135s in Test by Midsummer
Aviation Week
March 21, 2004
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