The U.S. Navy signed a $174-million contract with Massachusetts defense manufacturer Raytheon Technologies Corp. and East Hartford’s Pratt & Whitney Military Engines.
The $174-million contract, which the U.S. Department of Defense announced earlier this week, is a modification of a deal for the companies to produce F-135 jet engines, according to a DOD statement.
Neither Raytheon nor Pratt immediately responded to a Hartford Business Journal inquiry about the contract Friday morning.
Most of the work for the contract will be completed in Connecticut, with about 46% of work to be performed in Middletown, 22% in East Hartford and 15% in Windsor Locks. The remainder will be done at worksites in Maine, Arizona and Puerto Rico. DOD expects work will be completed by June of 2022.
DOD last week announced a $500-million contract with Raytheon and Pratt to make F-135 parts, which will be used to fill requirements for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-Department of Defense participants and Foreign Military Sales customers.
