Author: Christine Thropp|| Date Published: December 1, 2023
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received a $701.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue providing services in support of F-35 propulsion systems fielded by domestic and international military customers.
The contractor will perform recurring sustainment, program management, propulsion integration, engineering, material management, configuration management, software sustainment, security management, equipment management, product management support activities and spare replenishments, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.
Other contract work includes continued joint technical data updates, training and depot level maintenance and repair for all propulsion systems at the F-35 production sites and operational locations.
Over 60 percent of work will be conducted in East Hartford, Connecticut; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, while the remaining will be performed in other states and in Norway, Netherlands, Japan, Australia, Italy and the U.K.
Services covered by the contract modification will be provided until May 2024.
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