GE Aerospace Secures $1.42B Navy Contract for CH-53K Turboshaft Engines

General Electric Aerospace, Lynn, Massachusetts, is awarded $1,421,446,110 modification (P00003) to a firm-fixed-price contract (N0001924C0019). This contract definitizes Lots Nine and 10 and adds scope for Lots 11-13 for a combined quantity of 277 T408-GE-400 turboshaft engines in support of CH-53K full-rate production aircraft for the Marine Corps, as well as provides associated programmatic support. Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts (labor surplus area), and is expected to be completed by September 2032. Fiscal 2026 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $219,605,186 and Fiscal 2025 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $277,805,828 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.