F-136 Alternate JSF Engine Killed in Pentagon Budget

I fully expect it to come back. This happens every year. The Pentagon kills it, and Congress puts it back.

I support the F-136 for two reasons:

1. I believe that having two ending suppliers for the JSF will make for better cheaper engines in the long run.
2. There will be weight growth, and the F-135 appears to be marginal in that case for the STOVL version.

Of course, it's not put back on the budget for those reasons. It's put back because GE is big in a lot of Congressional Districts.