GE Aerospace secures $1.8 billion U.S. Air Force contract

(Reuters) – GE Aerospace said on Friday it had secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force valued up to $1.8 billion.

This contract supports Foreign Military Sales for F110-GE-129 engines, which power F-15 and F-16 aircraft operated by allied nations worldwide, the company said.

(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru; Editing by Mohammed Safi Shamsi)