The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late Monday, giving a major boost to a program that will modernize the engines used in military fighter jets

RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.3 billion cost plus incentive fee contract for the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter, DoD […]

More than 60% of the work on Pratt & Whitney’s major new fighter jet engine contract will be carried out in Connecticut. That’s according to the contract issued by the Department of Defense, which says that 53% of the work on the F135 engine core upgrade will be carried out at Pratt’s home base in East Hartford,

At 845,000 square feet, the site meets the growing demands of both US and global defence users for the F135, F117, TF33, F100 and F119 engines.

East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney awarded $1.3 billion by the U.S. Department of Defense for F-35 engine upgrades, supporting thousands of jobs.

The Pentagon issued new funding for the ongoing Technology Refresh to the F-35’s propulsion system, focusing on design, analysis, and testing during the next three years.

Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), has been awarded a major contract worth up to USD 1.3 billion to accelerate the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) project. This crucial enhancement is set to boost the durability,

This story was originally published in Connecticut Mirror, a content partner with Rhode Island Current. Read the original version here. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late Monday,

The contract will allow the aerospace manufacturer to work on the F135 Engine Core Upgrade. Two months prior, Pratt & Whitney announced that they had completed the engine core upg