The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Thursday not to authorize funds for the Adaptive Engine Transition Program for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in its version of the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill, breaking from the two defense committees on the House side. The committee would fund the Engine Core Upgrade for the F-35 to meet the power needs for upcoming blocks of the jet without adding funding for AETP as the House committees had. The Senate authorizers chose...
