USG accepts PW F-35 engine deliveries again -- root-cause for engine fire still a question mark

(F-35A AF-27 "W.O.", written-off - via F-16.net click image to make larger )

It is all in the contract. If you can write it so that you have complete control over the intellectual property where the DOD is on the short end of the stick... all the better.

Industry contract lawyers get paid more than government ones.

Including those from the Department of Justice.

All this after lobbying to get rid of the alternate engine of course.

Politicians in your pocket and so on.

Win and win.

Or...

Win-win.

Via Inside Defense (subscription)

F-35 Program Resumes Engine Deliveries Despite Ongoing Fire Investigation

The F-35 joint program office says it has removed a hold on the delivery of Pratt & Whitney engines to the assembly facility in Fort Worth, TX, despite an ongoing investigation into a June 23 engine malfunction, which caused a fire onboard an Air Force jet.

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-History of F-35 engine problems.