The Pentagon has given Pratt & Whitney two contracts to build 167 F135 engines to power the F-35. The ninth batch will produce 66 engines while the last contract is for 101 power plants.
By Rick Goodfriend [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The value of both contracts will only be known later this month after details have been finalized. An anonymous source told Reuters the deal is worth $3 billion to the company.
A joint statement by the company and the Joint Program Office says the price for engines have been lowered.
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