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Shortages hit Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets

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From January through August 7, 2017, F-35 aircraft were unable to fly about 22 percent of the time due to parts shortages stemming from incomplete plans and funding. The US, Australia, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, South Korea and Britain are all buyers of the trouble-hit F-35…

Military Contractors Square Off Over F-35 Jet Engine Program

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WASHINGTON—One of the biggest lobbying clashes in recent years is heating up again: the fight to fund an alternate engine to power the Pentagon’s F-35 jet fighter.More than a decade ago, engine-maker Pratt & Whitney and its allies in Congress won out over General Electric Co. to be the exclusive supplier for the next-generation fighter. Now GE is once again lobbying Congress to provide billions of dollars to fund an alternative engine it would build, citing what it calls the flaws in…