Advantecon -- Following Successful Engine Tests, GE/Rolls-Royce Team Prepared for JSF Development Contract</TITL E> <META NAME="Description" content="Advantecon aerospace news"> <META NAME="Keywords" content="aircraft, aeronautics, aviation, aerospace, space, spaceflight, missile, rocket,"> <style type="text/css"> a {color: navy; text-decoration: underline; } a:hover {color: red; text-decoration: none } </style> <script>  </script> </HEAD> <BODY leftmargin=5 topmargin=5 marginwidth=5 marginheight=5 bgcolor="black"> <table align="center" border="0" width=770 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"> <IFRAME SRC="../top.html" WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=100 ALIGN=center SCROLLING=no FRAMEBORDER=0></IFRAME> <IFRAME SRC="../left.html" WIDTH=125 HEIGHT=900 ALIGN=left SCROLLING=no FRAMEBORDER=0></IFRAME> <IFRAME SRC="../sky.html" WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=900 ALIGN=right SCROLLING=no FRAMEBORDER=0></IFRAME> <table align="center" border="0" width=470 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"> <br> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 width=468 align=center background="../graphics/purple.gif"> <tr><td> <span style='font-size:28.0pt; font-family:times'><font color="gold"><b><i> Following Successful Engine Tests, GE/Rolls-Royce Team Prepared for JSF Development Contract </i></b></font></span> </td></tr></table> <br><p align=center> <table border=2 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=10 width=468 bgcolor="white" align=center> <tr><td><font face=verdana,arial size=-1> <P> Less than a year after the GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team tested its F136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the team has achieved several milestones - including completion of all pre-System Development & Demonstration (SDD) testing ahead of schedule and under budget. Successful completion of pre-SDD testing clears the way for the award of a SDD contract, which is expected in August. <P> The F136 engine will be fully interchangeable with the competing Pratt & Whtiney F135 engine to power the F-35 JSF aircraft, and with all three aircraft versions: STOVL for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.K. Royal Navy, CTOL for the U.S. Air Force, and the Carrier Variant (CV) for the U.S. Navy. <P> The main goal of Phase III testing was to test a full turbofan engine in both the Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) and Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) configuration. The two F136 engines in the Phase III tests accumulated more than 200 hours of testing, including 18 hours of STOVL testing. <P> With the infusion of best practices and improved technology, the F136 is expected to exceed requirements for maintainability, affordability, and reliability for all JSF variants, while enhancing the ability of the U.S. services and international partners to cooperate in joint coalition operations. <P> Based on the current schedule, SDD development testing commences in 2006 and culminates with delivery of the first F136-powered F-35s in 2012. <P> <P align=right><font size=-2><b><i>-- June 13, 2005 </i></b></font> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=*> <tr><td><div align=left><font color='#ffffcc'><B>© 2005 <a href="http://www.advantecon.com/" target="_top"><font color='#ffffcc'>Advantecon</a>. All Rights Reserved.</B> </div><BR></td></tr> </table> <IFRAME SRC="../bottom.html" WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=300 ALIGN=center SCROLLING=no FRAMEBORDER=0></IFRAME> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </body> </html>