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Pratt & Whitney Wins $214Mln Maintenance Contract for F-35 Jets - Pentagon

23:54 GMT 25.11.2015

© Flickr / United States Marine CorpsWhile the delays, malfunctions and costs of the F-35 fighter jet pile higher and higher, the main contractors for the notoriously over-budget and overdue program threw record amounts of money towards politicians in 2014.

While the delays, malfunctions and costs of the F-35 fighter jet pile higher and higher, the main contractors for the notoriously over-budget and overdue program threw record amounts of money towards politicians in 2014. - Sputnik International

United Technologies Corporation Pratt & Whitney has won a new $214 million contract for jet engines maintenance for the over-cost and troubled F-35 stealth fighter bomber, the US Department of Defense announced.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The defense contractor will maintain the F-35 jets for the US Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as foreign military sales, it added.

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24 November 2015, 01:11 GMT

"Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines… is being awarded a $214,597,057 modification… contract for… sustainment in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft," the Defense Department stated on Wednesday.

The F-35 program’s overall cost has ballooned to more than $1 trillion, making it the most expensive weapons program in the Defense Department's history. The aircraft has suffered from a long line of flaws including systems malfunctions, schedule delays and cost overruns.