Pratt & Whitney Looking To Lower F135 Engine Cost In LRIP-4 JSF Buy

摘要

The Pentagon is in discussions with engine maker Pratt & Whitney about the potential for lowering the cost of the company's F135 power plant in the next production lot of Joint Strike Fighters, according to senior industry officials. Like the F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin, Pratt will also be bound to a fixed-price incentive fee contract for low-rate, initial production Lot-4 engines, according to Bennett CroswelL the company's vice president of the F135 program. Pratt's goal is to build an engine that costs the same as the company's Fl 19, which powers the F-22A fighter. The F135 weighs 1,500 pounds more than the Fl 19 and produces 20 percent more thrust.