Pratt & Whitney Awarded $53.8 Million Navy Order to Refine F135 Fighter Engine
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Pratt & Whitney Awarded $53.8 Million Navy Order to Refine F135 Fighter Engine

RTX Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney Military Engines received a $53.8 million Navy order for non-recurring engineering on the F135 engine that powers the F-35, work due to finish in December 2028.

Richard Miniter
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First Published: July 27, 2026, 1:20 PM ET

EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — Pratt & Whitney received a $53.8 million Navy order to refine the engine that powers the F-35 fighter, as the military moves to cut sustainment costs on its costliest aircraft program, as announced on war.gov.