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    Two subcommittees of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee voted to continue funding the alternative F136 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter program. They allocated $485 million for continued development of the GE/Rolls-Royce engine to preserve competition and reduce costs and risks. Having two engine suppliers competing is estimated to save $1 billion over the next five years and $20 billion over the life of the JSF program by incentivizing innovation and controlling costs compared to a sole-source engine program. The F136 program is over 70% complete and is scheduled for flight testing next year.

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    Two subcommittees of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee voted to continue funding the alternative F136 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter program. They allocated $485 million for continued development of the GE/Rolls-Royce engine to preserve competition and reduce costs and risks. Having two engine suppliers competing is estimated to save $1 billion over the next five years and $20 billion over the life of the JSF program by incentivizing innovation and controlling costs compared to a sole-source engine program. The F136 program is over 70% complete and is scheduled for flight testing next year.

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    Two subcommittees of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee voted to continue funding the alternative F136 engine for the Joint Strike Fighter program. They allocated $485 million for continued development of the GE/Rolls-Royce engine to preserve competition and reduce costs and risks. Having two engine suppliers competing is estimated to save $1 billion over the next five years and $20 billion over the life of the JSF program by incentivizing innovation and controlling costs compared to a sole-source engine program. The F136 program is over 70% complete and is scheduled for flight testing next year.

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    Two U.S.

    House Armed Services Subcommittees Votes to Preserve JSF


    Engine Competition
    May 13, 2010 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. House Armed Services Seapower
    and Air-Land Forces subcommittees today each marked up the National Defense
    Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2011 (H.R. 5136). Recognizing that the competition
    created by dual-sourced engines for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) drives cost savings
    and reduces operational risk, both subcommittees voted to authorize $485 million in
    continued funding of the GE/Rolls-Royce F136 engine for the JSF. "The committee
    has believed that competition in the F-35 engine program helps ensure against the
    operational risk of up to 95 percent of the entire U.S. tactical fighter fleet being
    grounded due to an engine problem," said Air-Land Subcommittee Chairman Adam
    Smith (D-WA) at today's markup. This latest milestone follows a long tradition of bi-
    partisan Congressional support for the GE/RR F136 engine. Congress has funded the
    engine for 14 years in order to preserve competition on the largest weapons
    procurement program in history. Competing engines have been an integral
    component of the JSF program from its inception, and competitive behavior is
    proven to control costs: Government Accountability Office estimates have predicted
    that competition between the two F-35 engine makers could lead to long-term
    savings of up to 20 percent for the $100 billion engine program. "Competition has
    been demonstrated to help limit cost growth in acquisition programs, including as
    the first alternate engine program did for the F-15, F-16 and F-14. And competition
    has also been demonstrated to motivate contractor responsiveness, technical
    innovation, and improve engine maintainability, reliability, and durability," said
    Smith. The F136 development program is more than 70 percent complete and
    scheduled for flight testing next year. "Today, the competitive environment created
    by having dual-sourced engines for the Joint Strike Fighter is estimated to save $1
    billion during the next five years, and $20 billion over the life of the program," said
    David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation. "We are gratified that members of
    the subcommittees strongly recognize that competition is the best cost control
    mechanism for the largest defense program in U.S. history."

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