South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Procurement Agency has awarded Pratt & Whitney a performance-based logistics sustainment contract with a base value of $355 million. The contract covers ongoing maintenance of the F100 engines that power the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (ROKAF) Lockheed Martin F-16C/Ds and some of its Boeing F-15Ks. It is the third iteration of the sustainment program since Korea awarded the first contract in 2012.

The ROKAF’s initial batch of 40 F-15K Slam Eagles, ordered in 2002 and first delivered in 2005, featured General Electric F110 engines, but a follow-on batch of 21 aircraft switched to the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229EEP (engine enhancement package) powerplant. Pratt & Whitney engines have powered all of the 180 F-16s (Blocks 32 and 52) bought for the ROKAF since 1981.