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F-35 STOVL Engine Challenges Surmountable By Year’s End, Manufacturer Says

By Marina Malenic WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--The manufacturer of an engine that powers a jump-jet version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is confident that engineering challenges facing the engine will be resolved this year. "By the end of 2011, no one will be talking about difficulties with this engine," Warren Boley, the head of Pratt & Whitney's military engine business, told Defense Daily in a March 31 interview. Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies [UTX], builds the…

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