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International aerospace manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, is hosting the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new OKC Sustainment Center today, October 1, at the Tinker Air Force Base. The $255 million investment will serve as an operation hub for Pratt & Whitney’s military engines. The 845,000-square-foot facility is part of an international endeavor to improve sustainability in military production, complementing similar work in Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and other American military bases.

The Alliance for Economic Development of Oklahoma City partnered with Pratt & Whitney, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and the Oklahoma Industries Authority to develop the project and establish it in the city. The Pratt & Whitney firm has been a critical partner in the region for decades, dating back to their first investments in the 1940s and the Midwest Air Depot (which would become Tinker Air Force Base).

The new center expands Pratt & Whitney’s current work on the base and is expected to roll out over the next few years. As the only facility capable of performing all F135 (the world’s most powerful fighter jet engine) power module scope levels, the new sustainment center will increase the site’s maintenance, repair and overhaul maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) capacity, directly driving revenue to the region and cementing Oklahoma as a leader in the MRO sphere.