USAF Will Not Re-Engine F-35, Picks Pratt’s F135 Upgrade

Brian Everstine March 13, 2023

F135

Credit: Pratt & Whitney
The U.S. Air Force will not go ahead with a full engine replacement for its Lockheed Martin F-35A, opting instead for a Pratt & Whitney plan to upgrade the core of the F135. The service had been considering re-engining its fleet from either of the two options developed under the Air Force Research...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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