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‘We’re Ready to Go Now,’ Honeywell Official Says of Company Offer to Upgrade F-35 PTMS

‘We’re Ready to Go Now,’ Honeywell Official Says of Company Offer to Upgrade F-35 PTMS
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kent Holt, 355th Fighter Squadron weapons load crew member, conducts pre-flight preparations on an F-35A Lightning II at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Aug. 11 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The F-35 Joint Program Office and RTX's [RTX] Pratt & Whitney have contacted Honeywell [HON] about its Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35, but no substantive discussions about upgrading the existing PTMS are underway, as the F-35 JPO analyzes the future thermal requirements for the F-35 and the best path to hit those requirements, a Honeywell official said this week. Pratt & Whitney said that it has established firewalls between its F135…

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