{"id":71161,"date":"2025-08-25T15:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/25\/navy-awards-pratt-29b-contract-to-build-more-f-35-engines\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:26:28","slug":"navy-awards-pratt-29b-contract-to-build-more-f-35-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2025\/08\/25\/navy-awards-pratt-29b-contract-to-build-more-f-35-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy awards Pratt $2.9B contract to build more F-35 engines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy on Friday awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/08\/23\/lockheed-pratt-win-1-billion-in-navy-deals-for-f-35-parts-equipment\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/08\/23\/lockheed-pratt-win-1-billion-in-navy-deals-for-f-35-parts-equipment\/\">Pratt &amp; Whitney a contract modification<\/a> worth up to nearly $2.9 billion to build more engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pratt &amp; Whitney, which is a subsidiary of RTX, will produce and deliver 141 F135 engines to go into new F-35s for the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy, as well as partner nations in the F-35 program and foreign military customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy expects Pratt to finish these engines by February 2028. Work on the engines will be spread among multiple Pratt facilities in Connecticut, Indiana, Washington, Maine and other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These engines will go into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/11\/25\/pentagon-lockheed-reach-handshake-deal-for-next-f-35s\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/11\/25\/pentagon-lockheed-reach-handshake-deal-for-next-f-35s\/\">18th lot of F-35 fighters<\/a> being built by Lockheed Martin, largely at its facility in Forth Worth, Texas. The Navy awarded Lockheed a contract in December 2024 worth up to $11.8 billion to produce and deliver 145 Lot 18 F-35s by the end of June 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy is providing nearly $656 million in 2024 and 2025 procurement funding to buy the engines, and the Air Force will contribute about $614.6 million. 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