The U.S. Dept. of Defense awarded $1.3 billion to Pratt & Whitney, a modification to a previously assigned contract, exercising an option for a wide range of MRO and other services for the F135 engine. The one-year range of the award covers activities through November 2025.
The scope of the contract covers depot level maintenance and repair, sustainment support, program management, financial and administrative activities, propulsion integration, replenishment spare part buys, engineering support, material management, configuration management, product management support, software sustainment, security management, joint technical data updates, and support equipment management for all the F135 propulsion systems now in service or in production.
The award also includes training in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy, as well as defense forces in nearly two dozen foreign countries.
Pratt & Whitney’s F135 turbofan engine is the power supply for all three variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet, with over 1,200 units supplied to date. An ongoing Engine Core Upgrade project is underway to advance the capabilities and durability of the F-35 propulsion system.
The work involved in fulfilling the new award will be carried out mainly at Pratt & Whitney locations in Connecticut, Oklahoma, and other sites in the U.S., and in Australia, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
