Second F-35 Engine Back in Budget

The Huffington Post reports

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense hasofficially canceled a contract for a General Electric-developed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Both the Houseand the Senate have blocked funding for it, arguing that one engine for one plane is enough.

Connecticut-based Pratt & Whitney won the original contract for one engine, while a GE-Rolls Royce alliance has been developing a second engine. The latter has become a symbol of government waste, and the White House has promised to veto any bill that funded the alternate program.

Yet the engine simply won’t die.

The House Armed Services Committee released its spending outlines for the coming fiscal year Tuesday, and the second engine is right back in.