F-35 Engine Blade Probe Continues

Pratt & Whitney aims by June to complete the investigation into the root cause of the turbine blade crack that temporarily grounded the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet in February. Although the initial probe quickly identified thermal fatigue as the mechanism for the 0.6-in. crack in the third low...

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