EVENDALE, OHIO -- The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has launched a new website to enable easy access to information about the F136 engine for the F-35 Lightning II. The site's address is www.FighterEngineTeam.com.
The F136 engine will be available to power all variants of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the U.S. military and eight partner nations supporting the development program.
The web site contains information about the F136 engine and the Fighter Engine Team, as well as recent press releases, graphics, photos and video. It will serve as a one-stop location to find all the most up-to-date information about the program as well as the history of the F136 engine.
The F136 engine is being jointly produced by GE and Rolls-Royce. The first product-configuration F136 engine is being assembled at GE and will begin initial testing in early 2009. By the end of 2009, several F136 engines will be testing, with first flight to follow in an F-35 in 2010. The first production engines will be delivered to customers in 2012. The F136 program is funded in FY 2009.
