EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's Pratt & Whitney has received a $1.3 billion contract from the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense announced the contract on Monday.
The contract will allow the aerospace manufacturer to work on the F135 Engine Core Upgrade. Two months prior, Pratt & Whitney announced that they had completed the engine core upgrade's preliminary design review.
"This contract is critical to continuing our positive forward momentum on this program," said Jill Albertelli, Pratt & Whitney's Military Engines business president. "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."
More than 700 engineers and program managers are working full-time on the program.
"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," said Jeff Shockey, senior vice president of RTX Global Government Relations. "Their steadfast commitment to the F135 ensures it will deliver critical capabilities for decades to come."
The company stated that the F135 program supports more than 57,000 jobs across 43 states. Pratt & Whitney has delivered more than 1,200 F135 production engines.
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