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First Pratt & Whitney PW6000 Engines Enter Service with LAN Airlines
PARIS, June 18 /-- PARIS AIR SHOW -- The first Pratt & Whitney-powered A318 aircraft was delivered to LAN Airlines, marking the entry into service of the first PW6000 engines. Based in Santiago, Chile, LAN Airlines is the launch customer of the PW6000 and has ordered 44 engines with the potential for up to 85 total engines if all options are exercised. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies...
Read More »First QuietEagle(TM) Noise Reduction System Installed on VIP MD-80 Series Aircraft
PARIS, June 18 /-- PARIS AIR SHOW -- The first QuietEagle(TM) noise reduction system has been installed on Siviera Invest Ltd's VIP MD-87 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines. The QuietEagle system reduces engine noise allowing the MD-80 to comply with all international noise standards, including FAR Part 36 Stage 4 and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 16...
Read More »Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Engines Use New Performance Monitors on Shuttle Launch
CANOGA PARK, Calif., June 8 / / -- A trio of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), fitted with new controllers to actively monitor engine health and performance, powered the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from NASA's Kennedy Space Center today. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. [NYSE: UTX] company and has provided the SSME since the first...
Read More »Pratt & Whitney/Rolls-Royce F135 STOVL Team Completes Successful Gearbox Test
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 4 -- Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce successfully completed the first phase and initiated phase two of the F135 short-takeoff/vertical-landing engine LiftFan(R) gearbox qualification test at the Rolls-Royce facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Pratt & Whitney F135 powers the F-35 Lightning II advanced military aircraft. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp....
Read More »Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Revolutionary Scramjet Engine Successfully Powers First X-51A Simulated Flight
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 30 - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, along with its X-51A team members - U.S. Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NASA and The Boeing Company - successfully demonstrated operation and performance of the revolutionary X-1 scramjet engine in the first simulated flight at Mach 5 of the X-51A. The...
Read More »Pratt & Whitney F100 Engine Line Opens at Egypt Air Force's Helwan Depot
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., April 24 - Pratt & Whitney, in partnership with the United States Air Force and the Egyptian Air Force, announced today the opening of the F100 engine line at the Helwan Depot located at the Helwan Air Base in Egypt. The Egyptian Air Force's F-16 fleet is powered by the F100-PW-220/220E propulsion systems. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. We...
Read More »Pratt & Whitney Shares in Sichuan Airlines V2500Select(SM)Order
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 2 -- Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Company (NYSE:UTX), will share in an order for International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500 engines to power an additional two Airbus A319 and four A321 aircraft. With this order, Sichuan Airlines becomes the China launch customer for V2500Select(SM) and will extend this aftermarket agreement to cover their existing fleet of 14...
Read More »Pratt & Whitney, MTU Aero Engines Complete First Production PW6000
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 22 / -- Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), and MTU Aero Engines have completed assembly of the first production PW6000 for the Airbus A318. The engine, finished at MTU's facility in Langenhagen, Germany, will power the first A318 delivered to LAN Airlines of Chile. The ramp up to production of the PW6000 has gone very well and delivery...
Read More »First GP7200-Powered Airbus A380 Takes Its First Flight
TOULOUSE, France, Aug. 25 // -- The GP7200-powered Airbus A380 completed its first flight today, beginning the ten-month flight-testing program that will lead to certification of the aircraft-engine combination by the European and U.S. airworthiness authorities in 2007. The flight took place at Blagnac International Airport, adjacent to Airbus headquarters in Toulouse. We are thrilled to see the...
Read More »New 'Rocket Engine of the Future' goes to 'Mainstage'
CANOGA PARK, Calif., July 19 / A new rocket propulsion technology demonstration has marked an important milestone, achieving mainstage or constant full-power performance for the first time. Called the Integrated Powerhead Demonstration, or IPD, this development project combines the very latest in rocket engine propulsion technologies. To date, the IPD has conducted 21 of 26 tests and accumulated...
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