F-35 Engine Running Too Hot Due To ‘Under-Speccing,’ Upgrade Now Vital

The F-35’s engine is having to work harder to cool and power the aircraft’s systems, leading to a logistical mess.

The U.S. military sees planned engine upgrades for all the variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as critical because the Pratt & Whitney F135 engines that power all of the aircraft have been "under spec since the beginning," according to the top officer in charge of the program. This means the engines have to routinely operate at higher-than-expected temperatures, which has led to costly increased maintenance and logistics requirements and has. hurt the F-35's overall readiness rates.

The $2T spent on the project was not enough. They want more, and now that Europe is stupidly paying for it, they can afford fixing the faults.

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