Jet-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an approximately $1.6 billion contract from the U.S. government for additional work on F-35 fighter jets. Pratt's new work on F135 engines, ...

Built in Middletown, Connecticut, Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine produces over 40,000 pounds of thrust - enough to power the F-35 Lightning II through stealth missions, vertical takeoffs, and ...

The F135 is an afterburning turbofan engine powering the single-engine F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet. The Pentagon issued a $3.8-billion contract modification to Pratt & Whitney to finalizing contract ...

The contract modification ensures that the production of the jet engines will remain at the company’s Connecticut locations.

Pratt & Whitney F135 conventional take-off and landing engine afterburner on test stand. (Pratt & Whitney) Pratt & Whitney is ahead of schedule on the F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) programme, which ...

Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney got a significant contract boost this week when parent company RTX was awarded a $3.8 billion modification from the Department of Defense to build F135 engines. The ...