The F135 turbofan engine from Pratt & Whitney powers every variant of the F-35 Lightning II (making it one of the 8 fighter jets with Pratt & Whitney engines powering them) and is the most advanced ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, has won a $115 million contract for the F135 engine enhancement effort, also ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The F-35 Lightning II successfully completed its first afterburner test powered by Pratt & Whitney's F135 ...

The F-35 Lightning II is the world's most capable fighter jet and is able to perform a wide range of missions. What is unusual for a fighter jet of its size is that it only has a single engine. The ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is abandoning its efforts to develop a next-generation adaptive engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, according to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. Instead, Kendall ...

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 and help ...

(Tribune News Service) — Members of Connecticut’s legislative delegation are celebrating the inclusion of a modernization for the F135 jet fighter engine, which is produced by East Hartford-based ...

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 ...

An F-35B takes off from the amphibious assault carrier Tripoli. Deliveries of new F135 engines for the fighters are suspended amid an investigation into an F-35B's mishap in Texas. (MC1 Peter Burghart ...

A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine undergoes ground testing at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee. (Rick Goodfriend/Air Force) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is abandoning its efforts to develop a ...

Pratt & Whitney will be the sole provider of the F135 military jet engine. Credit: COURTESY / Lockheed Martin The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late ...