P&W Exec: Final demo for F135 Fuel Burn Reduction program slated for 2017

By Lee Hudson / June 14, 2016 at 12:56 PM
HARTFORD, CT -- The final demonstration for the Navy's Fuel Burn Reduction program on the Joint Strike Fighter engine is slated for the first half of calendar year 2017, according to a Pratt & Whitney executive. Jimmy Kenyon, Pratt's senior director of advanced programs and technology, told Inside the Navy during a June 9 media day here the demonstration will take place at the company's facility in West Palm Beach, FL. "That would really be the final piece of...

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