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F135 Turbofan: The Incredible Engine Powering The F-35

The F135 turbofan engine from Pratt & Whitney powers every variant of the F-35 Lightning II (making it one of the 8 fighter jets with Pratt & Whitney engines powering them) and is the most advanced ...
Houston Chronicle

(PRN) Pratt & Whitney Delivers Second Flight Test F135 Engine for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has delivered the second F135 flight test ...
The Aviationist

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $2.8B Contract for New Lot 18 F-35 Engines

The $2.8B contract funds 141 F135 engines for U.S. services and allies, securing production, spares, and upgrades through February 2028. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a major contract, valued at ...
Morningstar

RTX's Pratt & Whitney F135 engine surpasses 1 million flight hours

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, announced today that the F135 engine has surpassed one million engine flight hours powering the F-35 ...
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40,000 lbs thrust power: World’s most powerful fighter jet engine’s new units to be built

A Connecticut-based firm is set to build new units of world’s most powerful fighter jet engine. Pratt & Whitney has received a contract to build Lot 18 of F135 engines. These will power all three ...
Houston Chronicle

(PRN) Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Completes Successful Afterburner Test

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The F-35 Lightning II successfully completed its first afterburner test powered by Pratt & Whitney's F135 ...
American Machinist

Pratt Completes First Review of F-35 Engine Upgrade

Pratt & Whitney reported the F135 Engine Core Upgrade is on schedule and “exceeding expectations,” having completed its preliminary design review. That review teamed the engine developer and ...
Yahoo

Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney gets $1.3B contract for F135 engine upgrades

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 and help ...
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RTX's Pratt & Whitney completes F135 Engine Core Upgrade preliminary design review

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, completed the F135 Engine Core Upgrade's (ECU) preliminary design review (PDR), affirming the ECU's ...
Hartford Business

Here’s where work on Pratt’s $1.3B F135 engine contract will be done

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 ...
GovCon Wire

Pratt & Whitney Awarded Potential $2.9B Navy F135 Propulsion System Contract Modification

The Department of Defense said Friday the cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fee modification expands the scope of the initial contract to include the production and delivery of 141 F135 ...