CT’s Pratt & Whitney lands $1.6B contract. Lawmakers say it protects ‘thousands of local jobs’
Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $1.6 billion “undefinitized” contract action for sustainment of F135 engines, according to the company. The engines power all “three variants of the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s most advanced fighter aircraft,” according to the East Hartford-based company. Reps. John B. Larson, D-1, Joe Courtney, D-2, and Rosa DeLauro, D-3, said in a statement that the $1.6…












