Pratt & Whitney awarded $2.8 billion F135 production contract

• The F135 program sustains more than 67,000 domestic jobs
• Pratt & Whitney has delivered more than 1,300 F135 production engines
• The combat-proven F135 engine delivers the power, safety, reliability, and low-observability

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has been awarded a $2.8 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA) for the production of Lot 18 of F135 engines, which power all three variants of the F-35 Lightning II, a 5th-generation fighter aircraft.

The contract funds production of conventional take-off and landing (CTOL), carrier variant (CV), and short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F135 engines for the U.S. and international customers, and includes spare engines, spare modules, program management, tooling, engineering, and production support.

“The combat-proven F135 engine delivers the power, safety, reliability, and low-observability to ensure operators can accomplish their most critical missions. The F135 is an investment in mission assurance, providing the warfighters of today and tomorrow the technological edge to fight and win,” said Christopher K. Johnson, Pratt & Whitney’s vice president for the F135 program. “This contract will enable our team to continue providing this critical capability to help the U.S. and its allies maintain air superiority for decades to come.”

The F135 program sustains more than 67,000 domestic jobs, 240 U.S. suppliers and contributed more than $9.1 billion to the U.S. economy in 2024.

To date, Pratt & Whitney has delivered more than 1,300 F135 production engines to a global enterprise that includes twenty allied nations.