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Tirpak</a> </div> <div class="share-buttons for-small">  <div class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons"></div> <span class="share-label">Share Article</span> </div> <p>General Electric received a $101.4 million contract for the first batch of engines to power the <a href="https://www.airforcemag.com/article/f-15ex-vs-f-35a/">F-15EX fighter</a> being acquired by the Air Force, according to a June 30 <a href="https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Contracts/Contract/Article/2243147//">notice from the Pentagon</a>. <p>The sole-source contract buys and installs F110-GE-129s plus spares, but USAF didn’t specify how many engines are being acquired in the action. The engines are to be delivered by Nov. 30, 2022. <div class="ad-wrapper"> <div class="custom-html-widget"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-asf_inarticle_1_desktop-0" style="min-width: 320px; min-height: 60px;" data-aaad='true' data-aa-adunit='/21734370771/airandspaceforces_inarticle_1_desktop'> </div> </div> </div> <p>This first batch of F-15EX engines is being procured sole-source because of “an unusual and compelling urgency acquisition,” according to the announcement. The GE engine is the only one certified for the F-15Q, which the F-15EX is based, and competition was waived on this batch in order to expedite testing of the F-15EX. <p>Subsequent buys of F-15EX engines, however, will be open to competition, the Air Force said in May. In February, Pratt & Whitney—now part of Raytheon Technologies—protested an early decision to just buy the F110 powerplant for the whole F-15EX fleet, and the Air Force in March dropped its plan to use the GE engine exclusively. <p>The service will need up to 461 new engines to power as many as 144 F-15EX fighters. Pratt is planning to offer its F100-229 engine, but would have to certify the engine for the “Advanced F-15” at its own cost. The Air Force said testing can take place “concurrently” with production. <p>No obstacles are seen to integration of the Pratt engine. 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