Engines
Pratt & Whitney Pushes To Drive Down F135 Costs As Production Peaks
Production of Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engines is set to peak this year at 50 units before flattening out in the coming years.

Production of Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engines that power Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter is set to peak this year at 50 units before flattening out in the coming years as the U.S. defers deliveries of the new aircraft. According to Pratt & Whitney Military Engines president Bennett Croswell, the engine maker won’t have to substantially reduce its production rates in response to the slowdown, it will defer plans it had hatched to ramp up output that would have compensated for reduced rates of production for the F117 and F100 turbofans.