East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney said today it has been awarded a $78 million production contract for engines to power the F-35 Lightning II.
The contract requires production and delivery of Pratt’s F135 propulsion system for seven conventional take-off and landing versions of the F-35, and seven short-takeoff/vertical-landing versions of the advanced fighter.
“This contract allows Pratt & Whitney to acquire and produce F135 engine parts to support our customers and meet the F-35 production and delivery schedule,” said Chris Flynn, director, Pratt & Whitney F135 engine programs.
Pratt & Whitney is the prime contractor engines and systems integration for the short-takeoff/vertical-landing version, or STOVL. A sister company, Hamilton Sundstrand in Windsor Locks, is providing the plane’s engine-control system and gearbox. Both are units of United Technologies Corp.
Rolls-Royce of the United Kingdom is providing lift components for the STOVL F-35B.
