The debates we had about the F-22 and the second engine for the F-35 obviously are very important.
But what about things like the foreign service pay, an alternate F-35 jet engine?
In December it was disclosed that Iraq would be allowed to acquire 36 single-engine Lockheed Martin F-16s and that Oman would double its fleet of the same plane to 24 aircraft.
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"We have never had this kind of unrelated dual engine mishap in the F-18, " he said.
In addition, Lockheed has also indicated that it will offer manufacture of major components, maintenance work and engine assembly of the F-35 to Japanese firms.
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Although GE currently makes engines for several U.S. fighters, the future of the high-performance military engine business is the F-35 joint strike fighter, which will replace most of the tactical aircraft in the joint fleet over the next 30 years.
Consumers have already responded to the Administration's fuel efficiency standards for Model Years 2011 through 2016, and it shows in the popularity of cars like GM's Chevy Cruze and trucks like the Ford F-150 equipped with an EcoBoost engine instead of the conventional V-8.
The Lockheed Martin F-35C that the Navy is officially planning to buy is a stealthy, single-engine strike fighter derived from the same technologies as the Air Force F-35A and Marine Corps F-35B.
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Further, Test and Evaluation officials discovered a handful of cracks on the right wing and right engine of the U.S. Air Force F-35A version, as well as multiple cracks on the bulkhead flange of the Marine short takeoff F-35B version.
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Meanwhile, Ford is rolling out a more fuel-efficient lineup of power trains for its 2011 F-150, including a 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine and a new six-speed transmission.
The new optional engine on Silverado and Sierra also beats out the 15 mpg in the city and 21 mpg on the highway yielded by the 5.0L V-8 engine in two-wheel-drive versions of the F-150 and the 14 mpg in the city and 20 on the highway provided by a 4.7L V-8 engine in two-wheel drive versions of Ram.
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The Ford F-350 Diesel has a 400-hp 6.2-liter V8 turbodiesel engine.
The 5.3L EcoTec3 two-wheel-drive mileage compares with 16 in the city and 22 on the highway for the Ford F-150 two-wheel-drive version equipped with an EcoBoost V-6 engine.
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The engine had been running at high temperatures for four times longer than a normal F-35 flight, causing a separation of the "grain boundary" on one blade, Mr Bates explained.
Joe Bakaj, an engineer at Ford, says that even American buyers of the company's F-150 pickups, who would normally scoff at anything with less than a V8 engine, are switching to a new V6 version that performs at least as well but drinks less fuel.
And Bentley debuted its EXP 9 F concept, an SUV that will likely come standard with a 6.0-litre twin-turbocharged W12 engine.
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