The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late Monday, giving a major boost to a program that will modernize the engines used in military fighter jets

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney has opened its largest military engines facility, 845,000-square-ft in size, in Oklahoma City

More than 60% of the work on Pratt & Whitney’s major new fighter jet engine contract will be carried out in Connecticut. That’s according to the contract issued by the Department of Defense, which says that 53% of the work on the F135 engine core upgrade will be carried out at Pratt’s home base in East Hartford,

RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.3 billion cost plus incentive fee contract for the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter, DoD […]

Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), has been awarded a major contract worth up to USD 1.3 billion to accelerate the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) project. This crucial enhancement is set to boost the durability,

East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney awarded $1.3 billion by the U.S. Department of Defense for F-35 engine upgrades, supporting thousands of jobs.

The Pentagon issued new funding for the ongoing Technology Refresh to the F-35’s propulsion system, focusing on design, analysis, and testing during the next three years.

This story was originally published in Connecticut Mirror, a content partner with Rhode Island Current. Read the original version here. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late Monday,

At 845,000 square feet, the site meets the growing demands of both US and global defence users for the F135, F117, TF33, F100 and F119 engines.