Pratt & Whitney Signs LTA With Levett Engineering For F135 Engine Components

(RTTNews) - Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation (UTX), has signed a long term agreement or LTA with Levett Engineering for the manufacture of critical F135 engine components. This LTA has an estimated value of more than $4 million over a five year period.

Levett Engineering, a precision component manufacturer located in Elizabeth, South Australia, has been supplying second and third stage turbine vane transfer tubes for the F135 engine since 2009.

The company said the current LTA encompasses the transfer tubes and additional, recently awarded, engine main bearing housings and supports.

"Levett competed and succeeded on a global stage at providing a best value manufacturing solution for the F135 engine and the F-35 program," said Mark Buongiorno, vice president, F135 engine program.  "This long term agreement underscores Pratt & Whitney's commitment to Australian F135 Industrial Participation."

P&W is proud to power the F-35 Lightning II, and the F135 has logged more than 5,700 flights, 21,000 flight hours and more than 800 vertical landings. To date, Pratt & Whitney has delivered 228 F135 engines, including both System Design and Development and production engines.

The F-35 will replace aging fourth-generation aircraft for Australia and partner countries with an affordable, sustainable, and highly capable fifth-generation aircraft, the company stated.