The F-35’s future: The power and cooling competition that could change everything [Video]

The US and its partners are planning on the F-35 flying for decades to come. But for that to happen, the Pentagon has to figure out a way to get more power onto the jet.

At the heart of that debate is who will build the F-35’s upgraded Power and Thermal Management Unit (PTMU). Prime contractor Lockheed Martin is running a competition that features incumbent Honeywell Aerospace against RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace for the much-anticipated upgrade.

In part two of our F-35 roundtable video series, Breaking Defense’s Aaron Mehta, Valerie Insinna and Michael Marrow, alongside analyst JJ Gertler, take a look at why the PTMU is so important and get into how the competition is shaping up going forward.

And if you missed it, you can watch part one of the series below.