Pratt & Whitney F135 Engine

Press Releases

December 2010  

Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Exceeds 20,000 Test Hours and Completes All Initial Service Release Development Testing
-- December 20, 2010

Pratt & Whitney Delivers First Production F135 Short Take Off Vertical Landing Engine
-- December 9, 2010

October 2010

Pratt & Whitney F135 STOVL Successfully Completed Rigorous Thermal Testing
-- October 18, 2010

Israel Ministry of Defense Signs Agreement for Purchase of F-35 Aircraft
-- October 14, 2010

September 2010

Pratt & Whitney's F119 Demonstrates Full Life Capability
-- September 20, 2010

F135 Engine Exceeds 19,000 Hours as Short Take Off Vertical Landing Variant Nears Initial Service Release Certification
-- September 20, 2010

June 2010

Pratt & Whitney F135 Propulsion System Achieves Historic Supersonic Success
-- June 28, 2010

Pratt & Whitney F135 Propulsion System Achieves Successful First Navy Variant F-35C Flight, Installation of First Production F135
-- June 24, 2010

MAY 2010

Pratt & Whitney Delivers Final F135 Flight Test Engine, First Lot of Production Engines
-- May 26, 2010

MARCH 2010

Pratt & Whitney F135 Propulsion System Powers Historic First Vertical Landing of F-35 Lightning II
-- March 19, 2010

Pratt & Whitney Conventional Take Off and Landing-Carrier Variant F135 Engine Receives Initial Service Release
-- March 5, 2010

January 2010

Pratt & Whitney F135 Engine Powers F-35 Historic First In Flight STOVL Conversion
-- January 8, 2010

Pratt & Whitney Delivers Final Conventional Take Off and Landing/Carrier Variant F135 System Development and Demonstration Engine
-- January 5, 2010