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Pratt & Whitney Awarded $78M F135 Long Lead Production Contract

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

October 24, 2008

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EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ — Pratt & Whitney was
recently awarded a $78 million production contract for F135 engines,
powering the F-35 Lightning II. This low rate initial production (LRIP)
contract covers F135 long lead material for seven conventional take-off and
landing (CTOL) and seven short-takeoff/vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35
aircraft. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX)
company.

“This contract allows Pratt & Whitney to acquire and produce F135
engine parts to support our customers and meet the F-35 production and
delivery schedule,” said Chris Flynn, director, Pratt & Whitney F135 engine
programs.

This award is one in a series of milestones for the F135 engine
program, including exceeding 10,000 ground test hours as part of the system
development and demonstration program; logging 59 successful flight tests
and more than 75 flight test hours of the F135-powered CTOL F-35 aircraft;
and completing 14 flights of the F-35B powered by Pratt & Whitney’s F135
STOVL propulsion system.

Rated at more than 40,000 pounds of thrust, the F135 is the most
powerful fighter engine ever built. The technologically advanced F135 is an
evolution of the highly successful F119 engine for the F-22 Raptor. By the
time the F-35 enters operation, the F119 engines will have logged more than
480,000 flight hours. In addition, the F135 will have logged 16,000 flight
hours and more than 17,000 ground test hours. This ground and flight test
experience will confirm the maturity and the associated reliability of the
F135 engine for armed forces around the world.

The F135 STOVL propulsion system team consists of Pratt & Whitney, the
prime contractor with responsibility for the main engine and system
integration; Rolls-Royce of the United Kingdom, which provides lift
components for the STOVL F-35B; and United Technologies Corp.’s Hamilton
Sundstrand unit, provider of the engine control system and gearbox.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and
service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas
turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified
company providing high technology products and services to the global
aerospace and building industries.

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