The Government Is Spending $100 Million In Tax Dollars On A Jet Engine Deemed Unnecessary By The Military

Pratt & Whitney has the government contract to make the jet's high-performance engine. But your tax dollars are also paying for GE to develop a spare engine — and it has cost you $1.6 billion so far.
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The military doesn't want the alternate engine. The Air Force and two
independent panels have concluded it's "not necessary and not
affordable" and that the supposed savings from competition "will never
be achieved."