Pratt & Whitney and Fokker Elmo have reached a milestone in work on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme.
The two companies have completed a critical design review of Fokker's design for electrical harnesses for P&W's F119 JSF demonstrator engines.
Fokker has delivered one set of three harnesses to P&W for bench evaluation and two more sets will arrive by the end of June. One will undergo ground tests on the F119 engine. Walt Bylciw, senior vice-president for F119 engine programmes, says: "Our teams worked well together to achieve this result and we look forward to working with Fokker Elmo and other Dutch companies as we enter the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the JSG programme."
The harnesses, designed to work reliably in the environment of a jet engine, carry electrical signals to electronic controls and actuators throughout the engine.
Source: Flight Daily News
