The Pentagon is continuing to develop the Joint Strike Fighter alternate engine -- a project Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants terminated -- under the stopgap funding measure enacted on Sept. 30 to keep the government operating until early December, according to Pentagon officials. The extension temporarily postpones the high-stakes battle between the executive and legislative branches over the fate of the F136 engine. The two-month extension, which Pentagon officials say does not reflect a change in Gates' opposition, shifts the...
