Pratt is one of the largest employers in Connecticut, with about 11,000 employees across East Hartford and Middletown. RTX’s ...

The first production engines were delivered in 2009 and were based on the Pratt & Whitney F119 engine that had been developed ...

Step inside the engineering marvel behind the F-35 Lightning II: the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine. Capable of delivering over 40,000 pounds of thrust, this jet engine is the heart of the world’s most ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the F-35 Lightning II received $75 million in additional funding in the fiscal year 2023 ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, announced today that the F135 engine has surpassed one million engine flight hours powering the F ...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late Monday, giving a major boost to a program that will modernize the engines used in military fighter jets an… ...

Such rising demand for the F-35 enables RTX, the producer of this jet's engine, F135, to receive a constant stream of orders from the Pentagon, U.S. allies and other international customers.

"The F135 engine plays a critical role in maintaining global air superiority for the U.S. and its allies, as it enables the F-35 mission in even the most contested environments," said Jill ...

The F135 is the sole-source engine powering the F-35 fighter jet. The latest $1.3 billion contract was awarded after Pratt completed a preliminary design review of the work earlier this year.

As one of Connecticut’s biggest manufacturers, Pratt & Whitney has been producing the engine used by Lockheed Martin’s F-35 aircraft since it was awarded the Pentagon contract more than two ...

The Engine Core Upgrade program, which seeks to give the fighter jet’s current Pratt & Whitney-made F135 engines more power, thrust and cooling ability, has enough money to last through roughly ...

Pratt says modification of F135 engine to be minor F135 was damaged in testing last week F135 engine is for Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet Work to have little to no impact on cost, schedule ...