The Navy on Tuesday awarded Pratt & Whitney a $592 million contract modification for F-35 engines, according to a Defense Department statement.
The modification is to the previously-awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm target Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot VII F135 propulsion systems contract. This modification provides for the procurement of:
* 19 F135-PW-100 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) propulsion systems for the Air Force;
* Six F135-PW-600 short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) propulsion systems for the Marine Corps;
* Four F135-PW-100 propulsion systems for the Navy;
* Five additional F135-PW-100 propulsion systems;
* One F135-PW-100 spare propulsion system; and
* One F135-PW-600 propulsion system for international partners.
The F-35 is developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT] with subcontractors BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman [NOC]. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp. [UTX]