PW delivers F-35 demo engine

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney has delivered its final conventional take off and landing/carrier variant F135 flight test engine to the F-35 Joint Program Office as the program transitions from development and demonstration to production. Pratt & Whitney has delivered 17 flight test engines and expects to deliver the final short take off and vertical landing flight test engine early this year. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company. (Source: PRNewswire, 01/05/09) Gulf Coast note: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training center will be at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has an operation at Stennis Space Center, Miss.