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Trump's talking about a twin-engine F-35. It sounds like this F-55 would be a whole new plane.

Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth fighter is equipped with the world's most powerful fighter engine. It only has one of them, though, and President Donald Trump wants it to have two. That's no small ...
The Aviationist

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $2.8B Contract for New Lot 18 F-35 Engines

The $2.8B contract funds 141 F135 engines for U.S. services and allies, securing production, spares, and upgrades through February 2028. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a major contract, valued at ...
Flightglobal

Honeywell: software change could offer 25% boost to F-35 power, cooling

Aviation system manufacturer Honeywell says it can deliver significant improvements to onboard power generation for the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter, even without installing new hardware on ...
Reuters

Trump's vision for a twin-engine F-55 fighter jet faces reality check

WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of a new, twin-engine version of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet may need to be scaled back due to cost and engineering realities ...
The Aviationist

Finland’s First F-35A Lightning II Rolls Out of the Assembly Line

The Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) is parallelly undertaking extensive infrastructural work and training its personnel in the U.S., while officials work on the domestic defense industrial tie ups and ...