Connecticut's Pratt & Whitney secures $1.5B contract for F-22 fighter-jet engines

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Connecticut's Pratt & Whitney secures $1.5B contract for F-22 fighter-jet engines

Jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney announced Thursday that it had obtained a three-year contract worth up to $1.5 billion for more work on F119 engines, which power the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fighter jets. The contract will “improve readiness” and reduce costs for more than 400 F119 engines that have flown more than 900,000 hours, according to officials at Pratt & Whitney, which has plants in East Hartford and Middletown. They said the company has …