GE Transportation-Aircraft Engines has selected Hamilton Sundstrand to supply the fuel system pumps for the GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team F136 engine to power Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft. Hamilton Sundstrand, a unit of United Technologies, says the contract could be worth more than $400 million over the life of the aircraft program.
Hamilton Sundstrand is responsible for the design, development and qualification of several fuel system components: a suite of three fuel pumps, associated control valves, and fuel filtration for the F136 engine. The pumps provide fuel flow for the gas turbine, engine afterburner and engine actuation. Initial production of the F136 fuel pump system is expected to begin in 2012.
The F136 is being developed as an alternative to Pratt & Whitney's F135, which is the lead JSF engine.
Source: Flight International
