U.S. Navy underscores need for 'lasting fix' for F-35 engine issue

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/09/lockheed-fighter-engine-idUSL2N0S41NW20141009



U.S. Navy underscores need for 'lasting fix' for F-35 engine issue
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON Thu Oct 9, 2014 3:43pm EDT

Oct 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. military needs a "lasting" fix to the engine issue that grounded the F-35 fighter fleet for several weeks this summer, given the importance of the most advanced U.S. fighter jet for decades to come, a top U.S. Navy official said this week.

Rear Admiral Mark Darrah, chief engineer for the Navy's Naval Air Systems Command, said the Navy was working closely with F-35 maker Lockheed Martin Corp, engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, which is a unit of United Technologies Corp, the Air Force and the Pentagon's F-35 program.

"We're going as fast as we can possibly go to ensure that we get that done quickly, but not so fast that we mess up some critical aspect of this," Darrah said in an interview on Wednesday.

"It's just a matter of ensuring that we do the right thing," he said. "This is an engine that needs to perform properly throughout its entire life cycle."

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