Pratt& Whitney received $887.9 million to purchase spare parts for the F135 engine for the fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II

The US Department of Defense allocated Pratt & Whitney almost $1 billion in addition to the previously concluded

contract that concerns the production of F135 power plants for the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets.

What is known

The American company received $887.9 million forpurchase of spare parts and other components for the F135 propulsion system. Customers include the Air Force, Navy, US Marine Corps, and customers outside the US Department of Defense.

Deadline is December 2026. Work under the contract will take place in the continental United States, including Raytheon's factories in Connecticut and Maine.


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Note that Pratt &amp; Whitney, which is includedRaytheon Technologies Corp. is simultaneously working on a prototype adaptive cycle power plant for a fifth-generation fighter. The company competes with General Electric. The engine is being developed under the Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP), which could receive additional funding of almost $600 million.

As for the F135, the engine is used in allfifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter, but to meet the growing cooling capabilities, it will have to undergo modernization. To do this, the Pentagon will have to find $38 billion in the budget.