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USAF To Award Pratt & Whitney Engine Performance Restoration Contract For C-17 By End Of FY 2027

USAF To Award Pratt & Whitney Engine Performance Restoration Contract For C-17 By End Of FY 2027
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of 62nd Airlift Wing personnel at Joint Base Lewis-McChord loading an Altec high-reach crane onto a C-17 for the replacement of a pitch trim actuator in the tail of another C-17.

The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX's [RTX] Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company's F117 engines for the service's 222 C-17 transports that Boeing [BA] delivered between 1993 and 2013. F117 overhaul and repair under the Engine Performance Restoration contract "will require depot overhaul and field repair services for the F117 propulsion system to ensure a serviceable, ready-to-install engine to meet the required war…

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