Multiyear contract for 60 F-22s moves ahead

Posted on: Jul. 11th, 2007 || Source: baltimoresun.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

WASHINGTON // The U.S. military's top weapons buyer has approved signing a three-year contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. and United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney engine unit for 60 F-22A Raptor warplanes, engines and spare parts, a package worth as much as $10 billion.

Approval of the three-year contract locks the military into purchases and minimizes chances that quantities would be cut in annual congressional budget deliberations.

$65.2 billion program
The Pentagon in 2005 capped the program at 183 aircraft. This contract would complete the $65.2 billion program.

FILE PHOTO - The F-22 Raptor @ Langley AFB

FILE PHOTO - Three F/A-22's at sunset

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