Pratt delivers Poland's first F100 engine of 2024

Pratt & Whitney sent the first F100 engine to Poland this year to support the country's fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons, according to a company news release issued today.

“This is the first of several engines we’ll deliver to our Polish ally this year to ensure they have the propulsion power they need to address current and future threats,” Josh Goodman, senior director of the F100 Program at Pratt & Whitney, said in a statement. “The Pratt & Whitney F100 is the mainstay powerplant for 23 global air forces, and we are seeing increased demand for our latest generation F100 engine.”

Pratt, a subsidiary of RTX, produces the F100 engines which power several globally operated fighters, from the F-16 to the F-15EX Eagle II, at its facility in Middletown, CT.

“The original F100 engines powering the Polish F-16 fleet were manufactured at Pratt & Whitney’s Rzeszów facility. Today, nearly 20 years later, that facility produces F100 static structures and critical rotating parts in support of new F100 engines and worldwide sustainment,” the company wrote in the release.

The delivery comes after Poland has used its F-16 fleet in part to secure its border and airspace from Russian incursions amid the war in neighboring Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's military will begin flying operational F-16 fighter jets later this summer, according to a recent joint statement from the White House, Denmark and the Netherlands.

The Danish and Dutch governments are giving Ukraine the American-made jets with training, sustainment and armament support from the United States, according to the statement. Belgium and Norway have also committed to supplying additional aircraft.