$3.43B for F-35 JSF Engine Development

Gentlemen, start your…(click to view full) On March 12/05, DID discussed the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s (JSF) engine programs, noting the relative status and strategies of the Pratt & Whitney-led F135 and the GE/ Rolls Royce F136 teams. A $2 billion+ System Development and Demonstration contract was on the way, for production of 15 prototype F136 engines in both conventional and STOVL (Short Take Off, Vertical Landing) configurations. That contract has now been issued, with some modifications. Meanwhile, the F135 engine team has also received substantial additional funding from the Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD, and issued a contract of their own for diagnostic systems. F135 Engine Test(click to view full) Pratt and Whitney Military Engines in East Hartford, CT received a not to exceed $968.6 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-02-C-3003) to extend the F135 engine’s SDD contract by 16 months. In 2001, Pratt & Whitney received a 10-year $4.8 billion contract for System Development and Demonstration to develop the F135 propulsion system through flight clearance, flight test, and qualification for Low Rate Initial Production. This contract modification will also provide additional ground and flight test assets necessary to meet the revised […]