Pratt & Whitney Awarded $1.3B F135 Contract

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Pratt & Whitney a nearly $1.3 billion contract to provide spare parts and support equipment for its F135 engines.

The F135 powers all three variants of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet.

The Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract will fund spare parts, deployable spare packages, depot inventory, and associated support equipment.

“Ensuring the F135 remains mission-ready is critical to the success of the F-35 enterprise,” Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Program vice president Chris Johnson said.

Connecticut facilities will perform more than 85% of the work with East Hartford’s facility accounting for nearly 60%.

Facilities in Middletown, Windsor, and Wallingford will also support the project.

Global Network

Pentagon officials said the contract modification supports the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-Department of Defense participants, F-35 cooperative program partners, and foreign military sales customers.

They expects the project to be complete by the end of 2030.

“This contract will help strengthen our global sustainment network to ensure operators around the world can continue to rely on the F135’s unmatched performance,” said Johnson.

“This contract will help strengthen our global sustainment network.”

Pratt & Whitney’s Chris Johnson

Pratt & Whitney’s global network supports F-35 operations at 42 bases and on 13 ships worldwide.

The East Hartford manufacturer has delivered more than 1,500 F135 production engines to customers in 20 allied nations.

Pratt & Whitney officials said the contract strengthens the support network behind the F-35 program and will help support planned upgrades to the F135 engine.

“This modernization solution enhances fleet readiness and provides seamless, long-term capability for decades to come.”