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Raytheon Wins $291 Million Contract For F-35 Engine Maintenance

Monday, February 1st, 2021

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Raytheon Wins $291 Million Contract For F-35 Engine Maintenance

F-35As sit on the flight line at Hill AFB, Utah on Jan. 6, 2020. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Naval Air Systems Command awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and its subsidiary Pratt & Whitney a $291 million contract F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lot 12 engine maintenance support. The contract specifically entails material and support equipment for “depot maintenance facilities, program administrative labor for non-recurring sustainment activities, mockup engines and modules for test cells, as well as supplies, services, and planning for depot activations.” This is all in support of the F-35 Lot 12 propulsion systems for the Navy, Marine Corps,…

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