Responding this morning at a Capitol Hill seminar to a question about Britain’s unhappiness over the US decision to terminate one of the two F-35 engines, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said he’s not certain if the British are more concerned over the “relationship” between Rolls Royce and GE—teamed on the canceled powerplant—or workshare. If the issue is workshare, he said, it’s not such a big deal. Rolls will have “roughly the same” amount of work on either engine, said Wynne, conceding, though, that “GE may have sweetened the incentive a little bit.” He called the British threat to leave the JSF program “a tough call.” Wynne added: “We’d love to have them. We want to fly in partnership with the United Kingdom. We think they’re a great partner.”
B-21 Temporary Shelters Could Also Shelter B-2s
March 5, 2021
The Air Force's experimental runway shelter for the new B-21 bomber is large enough to cover it or the B-2, and therefore reveals no information about the dimensions of the new aircraft. Two such shelters will be evaluated, but the maker of the second version hasn't been chosen yet.