RTX's Pratt & Whitney awarded F135 Engine Core Improve contract By Investing.com

$1.3 billion contract will allow continued design maturation and plane integration  

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) enterprise, has been awarded a contract valued as much as $1.3 billion to proceed work on the F135 Engine Core Improve (ECU), which is able to ship enhanced sturdiness to the engine. The ECU additionally gives energy and cooling for Block 4 and past capabilities for all three variants of the F-35 world enterprise.

“This contract is critical to continuing our positive forward momentum on this program,” stated Jill Albertelli, president of Pratt & Whitney’s Navy Engines enterprise. “It allows us to continue work in the risk reduction phase with a fully staffed team focused on design maturation, aircraft integration, and mobilizing the supply base to prepare for production.”

In July, Pratt & Whitney introduced  it had accomplished the F135 ECU’s preliminary design overview which signified the alignment between Pratt & Whitney and the F-35 Joint Program Workplace on the improve’s design. Right this moment, greater than 700 engineers and program managers are working full-time on this system.

“We are fortunate to have bipartisan and bicameral support from our congressional advocates, especially the Connecticut and Maine delegations led by senior appropriators Sen.  Susan Collins and Rep.  Rosa DeLauro,” stated Jeff Shockey, senior vice chairman of RTX International Authorities Relations. “Their steadfast commitment to the F135 ensures it will deliver critical capabilities for decades to come.”

The F135 program is a significant driver of financial development within the states of Connecticut, Maine, and across the nation; supporting greater than 57,000 jobs throughout 43 states.

To this point, Pratt & Whitney has delivered greater than 1,200 F135 manufacturing engines, with greater than 900,000 engine flight hours recorded. The F135 ECU might be included into F-35s on the level of manufacturing or retrofitted at one of many a number of F135 depot sustainment services around the globe and might be obtainable to all F-35 operators.

About Pratt & Whitney  
Pratt & Whitney is a world chief within the design, manufacture and repair of plane engines and auxiliary energy models. To be taught extra go to  www.prattwhitney.com.

About RTX  
With greater than 185,000 world workers, RTX pushes the boundaries of know-how and science to redefine how we join and defend our world. By way of industry-leading companies “ Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon (NYSE:) “ we’re advancing aviation, engineering built-in protection techniques, and creating next-generation know-how options and manufacturing to assist world prospects tackle their most important challenges. The corporate, with 2023 gross sales of $69 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

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