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If this version of the NDAA becomes law, the Pentagon will have both a program to upgrade the F-35's current engines alongside an adaptive engine program.
If this version of the NDAA becomes law, the Pentagon will have both a program to upgrade the F-35's current engines alongside an adaptive engine program.
Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney have successfully performed the first start of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft test engine, using an integrated power package (IPP) that the functions traditionally performed by the auxiliary power system, emergency power system, and environmental control into a single system. The system was used to start a Pratt & Whitney F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) engine at the company's advanced test facility in West Palm Beach, FL. The IPP is a subsystem of the F-35 Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS)..