General Electric Co. has been awarded $707,274,997 for four contract actions under an existing F110 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for production of F110-GE-129 engines, the Department of Defense said late Tuesday.
These actions provide for F110 engine production, including installs, spares and modernized engine management system computers, the Pentagon said.
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The F110 family of engines powers F-15 and F-16 fighter aircraft, according to GE.
“GE Aviation is honored to support the U.S. Air Force and foreign military sale customers,” the company said in a statement Wednesday. “Backed by continuous infusion of new technology, GE’s F110 engine remains the engine of choice of modern F-15 and F-16 fleets around the world.”
To date, 3,400 F110s have been ordered worldwide and the engine has surpassed 10 million flight hours.
GE’s F110 engine powers 86 percent of F-15s delivered globally over the last 15 years, GE also said.
Work will be performed in Cincinnati and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2026, the DoD said.
The contract is for foreign military sales to Slovakia, Bulgaria, Taiwan and Qatar, the DoD also said.
Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $353,637,499 are being obligated at the time of award.
The award is coming at a time when GE and all of the American aviation industry is severely challenged. On March 23, GE announced that it is planning to reduce about 10 percent of its total U.S. workforce. The company also froze hiring, canceled salaried merit increases, cut non-essential spending and reduced its contingent workforce.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, based at Wright-Patterson, was the contracting office.
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