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unhappycamper

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Sat Aug 30, 2014, 07:16 AM Aug 2014

Pratt & Whitney halted F-35 engine delivery over titanium origin

http://seekingalpha.com/news/1960855-pratt-and-whitney-halted-fminus-35-engine-delivery-over-titanium-origin



Pratt & Whitney halted F-35 engine delivery over titanium origin
Aug 29 2014, 18:15 ET | By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor

United Technologies' (NYSE:UTX) Pratt & Whitney unit says it suspended delivery of engines for the F-35 jet, the Pentagon’s costliest weapons program, over concern that a supplier may have provided “suspect” titanium.

UTX says delivery was halted in May after an in-house inspection and testing process raised questions about the origin of the titanium; UTX replaced all suspect engine parts in its inventory for failing to meet specifications, but determined the titanium in 147 F-35 engines already delivered did not pose a flight safety risk.

The Pratt & Whitney engine accounts for $68.4B of the $398.6B projected cost of the F-35 being built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT).

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Pratt & Whitney halted F-35 engine delivery over titanium origin (Original Post) unhappycamper Aug 2014 OP
That photo doesn't quite depict the level of waste in the F-35 program friendly_iconoclast Aug 2014 #1
 

friendly_iconoclast

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1. That photo doesn't quite depict the level of waste in the F-35 program
Sat Aug 30, 2014, 03:54 PM
Aug 2014

Think of something more like this, but with dollars instead of sewage:





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