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Pratt & Whitney Wins Contract Modification for 32 New F-35 Engines

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 16th, 2020

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Pratt & Whitney Wins Contract Modification for 32 New F-35 Engines

Lockheed Martin F-35C . The company delivered 31 F-35s in the third quarter of 2020. (U.S. Navy Photo)

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…

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