Pratt & Whitney has secured a $1.5B contract to sustain F119 engines for the USAF F-22 Raptor fleet, aiming to enhance readiness and reduce costs.

The contract will “improve readiness” and cut costs for more than 400 F119 engines that have flown more than 900,000 hours, according to Pratt & Whitney.

“The F-22 was not designed to win 51-49. It was designed to win 100 to zero.”

Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 billion contract to sustain F119 engines powering U.S. Air Force F-22 fighters.

Pratt & Whitney, a business of RTX, has been awarded a contract worth up to $1.5bn, to maintain the F119 engines for the US Air Force's (USAF) F-22 Raptor fighter jets. The contract, which spans across three years,