General Electric Secures $22.2M Navy Contract for F414 Engine Improvements

General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, is awarded a $22,205,115 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0042126F1020) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0042123G0004) to provide for design engineering, prototyping, and qualification of new component designs as well as analytical engineering in support of the F414 improvement program for the Navy and Foreign Military Sales customers to improve safety, reliability, readiness, and affordability of propulsion systems. Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed in December 2026. Fiscal 2026 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,500,000 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action was not competed. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.