Originally Posted by andrewn
Would love to be a fly on the walls in Ft Worth and the Pentagon right now!
FWIW my guess would be a relatively small group of engineers are beavering away in FW on failure analysis versus a relatively large group of bigwigs in Pentagon who are working out how best to "spin" the inevitable......
What does Fort Worth (Lockheed/Martin F-35 production facility) have to do with this problem?
It is the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that failed - (P&W headquarters in East Hartford, Connecticut) and they are produced in Middletown, Connecticut (initial and primary production plant, produced most F135s that have been delivered) and West Palm Beach, Florida (second production location, delivered their first F135 in May this year - engine #137).