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A team led by Professor Ba-Ngu Vo at the University of Western Australia has won the 2010 Eureka Prize for “Outstanding Science in support of Defence or National Security” sponsored by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.

The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has surpassed 19,000 hours and the Short Take Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant is in the final stages of testing prior to receiving Initial Service Release Certification from the US government later this year.