  GE/Rolls-Royce F136 JSF engine in jeopardy        Comments   
Threshold   RE: What's that sound I hear? By MrFord on 7/27/2009
1:21:27 PM , Rating: 2 True, true, Obama just canceled all
development fund for the JSF and since other countries are
almost ready to deploy their new next-generation combat
aircraft... oh wait, the JSF is still on it's way, and it's the
same fighter that other countries are planning to buy, too. Well
I guess they will all flock to the Sukhoi PAK... oh wait, they
most probably wont.  You know of a lot of military aircrafts
available with 2 or more engine manufacturers? Even in
commercial aviation, this is not a widespread thing, and it
started to be available only in the '70s (excluding the RR
Conway on 707-420s and DC8-40s).  You should be glad that your
taxpayers money will not be used to fund an engine that either
wont be popular, or only used on foreign market F-35s. If that
aircraft was designed to be a common base for the Air Force and
the Navy, you bet they will buy from the