The F-35 Lightning II will be equipped with
the most powerful jet engine ever to be developed
for a single engine fighter. Two engine
alternatives for the F-35 are being developed;
one with the name F135, produced by Pratt &
Whitney, while the second engine, F136, is being
coproduced by the two engine fabricants
General Electric and Rolls- Royce, the pair of
them known as “Fighter Engine Team”.
The F-135 is a further development of the F-11 9,
a jet engine currently at use in the F-22 Raptor.
In using afterburner, the F-11 9 pushes 35,000
pounds of thrust, about 5000 pounds less than
the engine found in the F-35 Lightning II. In
having two engines.