Case Study on Congressional Funding for the F-35 Alternate Engine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Case Study on Congressional Funding for the F-35 Alternate Engine write by Michael A. Hansen. This book was released on 2012. Case Study on Congressional Funding for the F-35 Alternate Engine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Alternate Engine Program gained national awareness when the Department of Defense (DoD) as part of the executive branch squared off against Congress in a very public debate over whether to continue funding the alternate engine for the JSF. The real issue at hand was what the best strategy is going forward to support increased national security. For many years Congress over-ruled DoD wishes to stop funding the program instead insisting that continued engine competition will drive a better quality engine for our nation's primary strike aircraft and lower costs over the long term, thereby enabling more and better quality resources toward our national security. The DoD maintained that the exorbitant costs needed today could never be recouped, and with low operational risks of the primary engine due to better technologies today, funding a second engine only detracted funds from other defense priorities and unnecessarily damages our national security."--Introduction.
F-35 Alternate Engine Program
F-35 Alternate Engine Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook F-35 Alternate Engine Program write by Jeremiah Gertler. This book was released on 2010. F-35 Alternate Engine Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Provides background on debate surrounding development of General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine as an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that currently powers the F-35 joint strike fighter. Examines current status of alternative engine program, including cost, relations with allies, and engine development issues. Covers FY2011 legislative actions, and reviews issues for Congress.
The Battle Between Congress and the President on the Funding of the Alternate Engine for the F-35
The Battle Between Congress and the President on the Funding of the Alternate Engine for the F-35 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Battle Between Congress and the President on the Funding of the Alternate Engine for the F-35 write by Benjamin Boehm. This book was released on 2013. The Battle Between Congress and the President on the Funding of the Alternate Engine for the F-35 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Lockheed Martin F-35, powered by the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine was the winner of the Joint Strike Fighter competition in 2001 (Gertler, 2012, p. 1). The Department of Defense plans to buy 2,457 F-35 aircraft (Oliveri, Both Sides of F-35 Debate Try to Use Numbers, Delays to Their Advantage, 2010) (Abramson, 2013). The total value of all the engine contracts is estimated to be $100B (Donnelly, Pressure Mounts in F-35 Engine Debate; Gates Believes Veto Is Imminent, 2010). Starting in FY1996, Congress mandated the development of an alternate engine to the F135. The two engines would be interchangeable. The alternate engine would provide competition for future purchases of engines for the Joint Strike Fighter, and would decrease the overall cost of program, according to proponents. The F136, developed by General Electric and Rolls Royce was developed as the alternate engine (Gertler, 2012, p. 1)."--Background.
Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine
Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine write by . This book was released on 2006. Proposed Termination of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F136 Alternate Engine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Department of Defense s (DOD) FY2007 budget proposes to cancel the F136 alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a program that was initiated by Congress in the FY1996 Defense Authorization Act, and which has received consistent congressional support since its inception. In FY1996, defense authorization conferees (H. Rept. 104-450, Sec. 213) expressed their concern over a lack of engine competition in the JSF program and directed DOD to ensure that the program provides for adequate engine competition. (p.706)1 In FY1998, authorization conferees (H. Rept. 105-340, Sec. 213) directed DOD to certify that the Joint Strike Fighter Program contains sufficient funding to carry out an alternate engine development program that includes flight qualification of an alternate engine in a joint strike fighter airframe. (p.33) Some have criticized DOD as being penny wise and pound foolish in its proposal to terminate the F136. Critics argue that this decision appears driven more by immediate budget pressures on the department rather than long term pros and cons of the F136 program. Others applaud this decision, and say that single source engine production contracts are the norm, not the exception. Long-term engine affordability, they claim, is best achieved by procuring engines through multiyear contracts from a single source. Cancelling the F-136 poses questions on operational risk and potential cost and savings. Additional issues include the potential impact this termination could have on the U.S. defense industrial base, and on U.S. relations with key allied countries. Finally, eliminating competitive market forces for DOD business worth billions of dollars may concern those who wish to reform DOD s acquisition system and conform to higher standards of accountability.
The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program
The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program write by Todd E. Randolph. This book was released on 2012. The Termination of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Alternate Engine Program available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "On April 15, 2011, Congress through its House and Senate Armed Services Committees passed legislation prohibiting funding for the F-35 Alternate Engine program ending the five-year debate. From 2006 through 2011, Congress would continue funding the alternate engine program despite the Bush and Obama Administration deeming it an unwanted, unnecessary program and requested termination."--Introduction.
