Pratt and Whitney Wins $353 Million F-135 Propulsion System Sustainment Contract

Pratt and Whitney has won $353 million modification contract for performance based logistics sustainment in support of F-135 propulsion system supporting the F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft of the US defense forces and F-35 program partners and other customers.

This modification provides for maintenance of support equipment, common program activities, unique and common base recurring sustainment, repair of repairable, field service representatives, common replenishment spares, conventional take-off and landing/carrier variant F-135 unique maintenance services, and short take-off and landing F-135 unique services, US department of defense said in a statement Thursday.

Work is expected to be completed in November 2018. 

This contract combines purchases for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-U.S. DoD participants and FMS customers under the FMS Program.