I presume this is the "quick fix" to get the test aircraft flying again, not the longer term solution?
So, another couple of months delay in the program, presumably taking the planned carrier sea trails out of the plan till at least next year?
Pratt: F-35 Fix Could Begin Installation Before End of Year
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney believes it could begin retrofit fixes by November for the engine issue that caused an F-35A to catch fire this summer.
“Probably in the November timeframe, with some anticipated success, we would begin the retrofit with emphasis on the SDD [system development and demonstration] jets,” Bennett Croswell, Pratt’s head of military engines, told reporters at the Air Force Association’s annual Air & Space conference.....