Engine Overview
The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a multi-role, single engine fighter being developed to replace a range of aircraft including the A-10, F-14, F-16, AV-8B Harrier, Sea Harrier, and F/A-18. One of the two primary propulsion systems for this aircraft is the F136.
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team includes GE Transportation - Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Rolls-Royce plc in Bristol, England, and Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Following successful core and fan rig testing in 2000, the Fighter Engine Team ran the first full engine to test in July 2004. The first engine to test continues on schedule to deliver production F136 engines in 2011. GE, with responsibility for 60 percent of the program, is developing the compressor, coupled turbine, controls and accessories, structures and the augmentor. Rolls-Royce, with 40 percent of the program, is responsible for the fan, combustor, low-pressure turbines and gearboxes.
