More than 60% of the work on Pratt & Whitney’s major new fighter jet engine contract will be carried out in Connecticut. That’s according to the contract issued by the Department of Defense, which says that 53% of the work on the F135 engine core upgrade will be carried out at Pratt’s home base in East Hartford,

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

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX subsidiary, expand its military engine manufacturing capacity to meet demand for F135 and F100 engines.

East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney awarded $1.3 billion by the U.S. Department of Defense for F-35 engine upgrades, supporting thousands of jobs.

This story was originally published in Connecticut Mirror, a content partner with Rhode Island Current. Read the original version here. The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $1.3 billion contract to Pratt & Whitney late Monday,

The contract will allow the aerospace manufacturer to work on the F135 Engine Core Upgrade. Two months prior, Pratt & Whitney announced that they had completed the engine core upg