Contract Award: Raytheon Technologies Corp. doing business as Pratt and Whitney Military Engines (East Hartford, Connecticut) – $305,612,870

Raytheon Technologies Corp., doing business as Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $305,612,870 fixed-price incentive (firm-target), cost-plus-incentive-fee advanced acquisition contract. This contract procures long-lead time materials for the low-rate initial production Lot 18 F135 propulsion systems for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in support of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (11.2%) (labor surplus area); Indianapolis, Indiana (6.6%); Middletown, Connecticut (5.3%); Kent, Washington (4.6%); North Berwick, Maine (2.6%); El Cajon, California (2%) (labor surplus area); Cromwell, Connecticut (2%); Whitehall, Michigan (2%) Portland, Oregon (1.3%); San Diego, California (1.3%); South Bend, Indiana (1.3%); various locations within the continental U.S. (3.5%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (56%), and is expected to be completed in July 2026. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $63,758,655; fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $39,297,196; FMS customer funds in the amount of $177,065,642; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $25,491,377, will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1). Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001923C0030).