
The Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney [UTX] a $319.8 million contract modification for 32 new engines for the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The modification exercises an option for Pratt & Whitney to build and deliver 20 F135-PW-100 engines for the Navy, six engines for the Air Force and six for Japan’s F-35 aircraft. Naval Air Systems Command is the F-35 contracting activity. Pratt & Whitney has provided all F-35 engines to date. Prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] announced…