RTX’s Pratt & Whitney awarded $66M for F135 engine core upgrade work

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has been awarded a $66M definitized contract modification for continued F135 Engine Core Upgrade preliminary design efforts, resulting in a total of $180M secured by the Connecticut congressional delegation for this engine modernization effort. The funding will further support design engineering, program management support, technology maturation, risk reduction, long lead material and hardware purchase, and weapons system integration, the company said in a statement. In March 2023, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy chose to upgrade the F135 versus replace it with an entirely new engine. The decision was announced as part of President Biden’s 2024 budget proposal.