First F-35 Lift Fan Rolls Out From New Assembly Site

INDIANAPOLIS — Rolls-Royce will next week deliver the first production-standard F-35B lift fan to be built at its purpose-built lift fan assembly site here. The $13 million facility was completed in March 2010, but until now has been making components for lift fans as part of the buildup to making...

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