Contract Award: RTX Corp. Pratt and Whitney Military Engines (East Hartford, Connecticut) – $39,462,397

RTX Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $39,462,397 cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price incentive (firm-target) order (N0001925F0001) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0001). This order provides non-recurring engineering in support of early identification, development, and qualification of corrections to potential and actual F135 propulsion system operational issues. Additionally, this order provides for continued engine maturation, evaluates component life limits based on operational experience, improves operational readiness, and reduces engine maintenance and life cycle costs in support of the F-35 Lightning II program for the Air Force, Navy, F-35 Cooperative Program Partners, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (74%) (labor surplus); Middletown, Connecticut (7%); West Palm Beach, Florida (7%); Indianapolis, Indiana (6%); Windsor Locks, Connecticut (3%); Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (2%) (labor surplus); and North Berwick, Maine (1%), and is expected to be completed in December 2026. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $24,500,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract action was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.