RTX has received a contract valued at up to $230.56m for the procurement of long lead time materials, components, and associated work needed to maintain the delivery schedule for F135 Lot 20 propulsion systems.
The contract supports the production of 138 propulsion units that will be supplied to the Marine Corps, Navy, US Air Force as well as non-US Department of Defense (DoD) partners and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.
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The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, issued the undefinitised contract on a fixed-price-incentive (firm target), cost-plus-incentive-fee, advanced acquisition basis.
The contract was not subject to competition, a statement from US DoD said.
Production activities will take place across multiple sites in the US, including East Hartford and Middletown in Connecticut, Indianapolis in Indiana, Kent in Washington, and North Berwick in Maine.
Work will also be carried out in El Cajon and San Diego in California, Cromwell and Manchester in Connecticut, Whitehall in Michigan, Portland in Oregon, South Bend in Indiana, Columbus in Georgia, Hampton in Virginia, Cheshire in Connecticut, and Elmwood Park in New Jersey.
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By GlobalDataIn addition, various other locations throughout the continental US will be involved.
The completion date is projected for May 2031.
At the time of award, funding sourced from fiscal year 2025 aircraft procurement allocations include $35.22m from the Air Force and $26.63m from the Navy.
In addition, non-US DoD (Navy) partner funds amounting to $42.68m and foreign military sales funds totalling $126.03m will be obligated.
According to contract details, none of these funds will expire at the end of the ongoing fiscal year.
In December last year, Pratt & Whitney, a business unit of RTX, received an undefinitised contract action valued at $1.6bn to provide sustainment services for F135 engines.
The F135 engine powers all three models of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
