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All Nippon Airways Selects Pratt & Whitney PW4074D Engines in $230 Million Deal

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW - All Nippon Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney's PW4074D engines to power five new Boeing 777 aircraft. The agreement represents 10 firm PW4074D engines and is valued at $230 million at list prices. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. The PW4000 engine series has provided reliable operation to All Nippon Airways since the introduction of...

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All Nippon Airways Selects Pratt & Whitney PW4074D Engines in $230 Million Deal

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW - All Nippon Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney's PW4074D engines to power five new Boeing 777 aircraft. The agreement represents 10 firm PW4074D engines and is valued at $230 million at list prices. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. The PW4000 engine series has provided reliable operation to All Nippon Airways since the introduction of...

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Completes Performance Tests on Compact Gasifier

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the last in a series of performance tests on its compact gasifier, making the technology ready for implementation in a demonstration plant. The compact gasifier is designed to reduce the cost of coal gasification, provide a clean alternative fuel source and strengthen U.S. energy security. With some modifications it could...

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Completes Performance Tests on Compact Gasifier

PARIS - PARIS AIR SHOW - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the last in a series of performance tests on its compact gasifier, making the technology ready for implementation in a demonstration plant. The compact gasifier is designed to reduce the cost of coal gasification, provide a clean alternative fuel source and strengthen U.S. energy security. With some modifications it could...

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2x Engine for Nasa's Future Human Spaceflight Ready for Test

CANOGA PARK, Calif. - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne completed assembly of the first J-2X upper-stage engine for NASA's next era of human spaceflight in preparation for demonstration testing expected to begin this month at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The J-2X is a highly efficient and versatile rocket engine with characteristics to power the upper stage of a heavy-lift launch vehicle. Pratt & Whitney...

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne J-2x Engine for Nasa's Future Human Spaceflight Ready for Test

CANOGA PARK, Calif. - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne completed assembly of the first J-2X upper-stage engine for NASA's next era of human spaceflight in preparation for demonstration testing expected to begin this month at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The J-2X is a highly efficient and versatile rocket engine with characteristics to power the upper stage of a heavy-lift launch vehicle. Pratt & Whitney...

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Boosts Early-Warning Missile Detection System into Orbit

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne today demonstrated its ongoing commitment to national defense by boosting into orbit the U.S. military's first Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 1) for early-warning missile detection. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Atlas V is...

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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Boosts Early-Warning Missile Detection System into Orbit

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne today demonstrated its ongoing commitment to national defense by boosting into orbit the U.S. military's first Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 1) for early-warning missile detection. The mission was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The Atlas V is...

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Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Powers First Flight of Production F-35 Aircraft

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney's F135 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) production engine powered the successful first flight of a production F-35 aircraft on Friday, Feb. 25. This milestone marks the introduction of Pratt & Whitney's F135 production engines into service. Pratt & Whitney is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. The first flight of a production...

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Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Powers First Flight of Production F-35 Aircraft

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney's F135 conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) production engine powered the successful first flight of a production F-35 aircraft on Friday, Feb. 25. This milestone marks the introduction of Pratt & Whitney's F135 production engines into service. Pratt & Whitney is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. The first flight of a production...

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