Engines
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines President Describes F135 Status
F-35 engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has started sustainment planning for the aircraft’s F135 turbofan even as F-35s continue flight-testing.
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines president Bennett Croswell said the company is driving down the cost of the F135 engine. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines president Bennett Croswell said the company is driving down the cost of the F135 engine. (Photo: Bill Carey)

F-35 engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has started sustainment planning for the aircraft’s F135 turbofan even as F-35s continue flight-testing. “The F135 program is in an interesting place,” Bennett Croswell, Pratt & Whitney Military Engines president, said at a Paris Air Show press briefing on June 19. “We’re in all three phases of the lifecycle of the program. We are still in development; we are producing F135 engines; and now we are in sustainment as well.”