Pentagon Tells GE To Stop Work On The Their Version Of The F-35 Engine. GE And Rolls-Royce Say That They Will Continue Development

Rolls Royce F136 engine test. (Photo: Rolls Royce)

GE, Rolls-Royce Defy Pentagon Order -- Financial Times

General Electric and Rolls-Royce said on Thursday that they would continue to develop an alternative engine for the Joint Strike Fighter, despite being ordered by the US Department of Defense to stop work on the programme.

“Stop work” orders usually require contractors to put down tools for 90 days while the government considers the future of a project. But Rolls-Royce and GE said they would “self-fund” the development work, costing about $1m a day, to keep the programme alive.

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More News On The F-35's Second Engine

GE to fund F-35 engine despite stop-work order -- Reuters
GE will continue F-35 engine work -- Business Courier
Pentagon Stops Work on Jet Engine, Calls It 'Waste of Money' -- ABC News
Defense Department halts work on second engine for new jet fighter -- CNN
Pentagon Issues 90-Day Stop-Work Order on GE’s F-35 Engine -- Bloomberg

My Comment: GE and Rolls Royce must know something that everyone else is clueless about.