F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Advances with $115M Propulsion Contract to Pratt & Whitney

Raytheon Technologies Corp., doing business as Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $115,075,000 contract modification (P00007) to the previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee and fixed-price incentive Lot 19 contract (N0001923C0030). This modification adds scope to procure long-lead time materials for the future production and delivery of F135 propulsion systems for the F-35 in support of the Joint Strike Fighter program for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, F-35 Cooperative Program Partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (20%); Indianapolis, Indiana (15%); Minneapolis, Minnesota (11%); Rocky Mountain, North Carolina (9%); Cleveland, Ohio (6%); Hartford, Connecticut (2%); Laconia, New Hampshire (2%); Detroit, Michigan (2%); Joplin, Missouri (2%); Redmond, Oregon (2%); Phoenix, Arizona (1%); various locations within the continental U.S. (1%); and various locations outside the continental U.S (27%), and is expected to be completed in February 2028. Fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $1,800,000; fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps) funding in the amount of $29,725,000; fiscal 2024 aircraft procurement (Marine Corps) funding in the amount of $8,400,000; FMS funds in the amount of $44,150,000; and non-U.S. Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $31,000,000, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.