Pentagon’s chief of F-35 program says engine problem is fixed

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Pentagon’s chief of F-35 program says engine problem is fixed
By: Ana Radelat | October 21, 2015

Washington — A top Air Force general said problems with the Pratt & Whitney engine on the F-35 advanced fighter have been fixed, and all of the planes will have newly engineered engines by June of next year.

“We are producing fully capable engines on the production line,” said Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan, the head of the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office.

An engine fire last year temporarily grounded the F-35 fleet. At a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday, Bogdan said 61 F-35s have been “retrofitted” to eliminate the problem that caused the fire, and new airplanes have retooled engines.

Bogdan said the problem stemmed from the belief that Pratt's F-135 engine would perform in the F-35 as it would in other aircraft.