• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Signs Agreement for Commercial-Scale Gasification Demonstration Plant in China
  CANOGA PARK, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has signed a negotiation framework agreement with two energy industry leaders to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale advanced gasification demonstration plant in China’s central eastern Henan Province.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Engines Power the Rocket Boosting the Latest Communications Satellite for U.S. Department of Defense
  CANOGA PARK, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012 - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its propulsion systems by successfully boosting the fourth in a series of Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites to increase communications capabilities for the U.S. Department of Defense.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Awarded $194M F135 Long-Lead Production Contract
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 10, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $194,097,296 long-lead production contract for F135 engines to power the F-35 Lightning II.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Awarded Contract for F135 Engine Production Worth Up To $1.12B
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 3, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Pratt & Whitney an undefinitized contract award (UCA) not to exceed $1,122,306,649 for F135 production engines to power the F-35 Lightning II.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Receives GreenCircle Award for Positive Contributions to Connecticut’s Environmental Health
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 22, 2011 – The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection has awarded Pratt & Whitney (P&W) a GreenCircle Award for significant contributions made in pollution reduction at the company’s East Hartford, Conn., facility.
  
  
  
• Japanese Ministry of Defense Announces Plans to Purchase F-35 Aircraft
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 20, 2011 – The Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa has announced the selection of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the F-X program.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Receives Engine Contract for Boeing C-17s sold to India
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 19, 2011 - Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), recently received a contract to produce the first four F117-PW-100 engines that will power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III for the Indian Air Force. The engines will be delivered in second quarter of 2012.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Shanghai Engine Center Delivers 100th Overhauled Engine to Shanghai Airlines
  SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 15, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ Shanghai Engine Center today delivered its 100th overhauled CFM56® engine to Shanghai Airlines.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Engines Selected for JetBlue’s Airbus A320neo Aircraft Family
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 15, 2011 – JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 40 firm A320neo family aircraft.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Power Systems to Provide Sonelgaz with 18 MOBILEPAC Turbogenerators for Peaking Power Needs
  LAS VEGAS, Dec. 14, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS) announced today at the POWER-GEN International tradeshow a contract with Compagnie de l’Engineering de l’Electricite et du Gaz (CEEG), a subsidiary of Sonelgaz, to supply eighteen FT8® MOBILEPAC® self-contained gas turbine-powered electric generating units for a number of locations in Algeria.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Power Systems Developing an FT4000 SWIFTPAC® Next-Generation Industrial Gas Turbine
  LAS VEGAS, Dec. 13, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney Power Systems today announced the development of its latest aeroderivative industrial gas turbine, the FT4000 SWIFTPAC®, at the POWER-GEN International tradeshow.
  
  
  
• Geared For Success: Landmark Year for PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ Engine
  EAST HARTFORD, CONN. – Dec. 5, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney has surpassed the milestone of receiving orders -- including options -- for more than 2,000 PurePower Geared Turbofan engines while completing more than 1,250 hours and 2,800 cycles of full engine testing for its first two applications.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Powers Flight of Second Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System for U.S. Navy
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 28, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney’s F100-PW-220U engine and exhaust system have successfully powered the first flight of the second Northrop Grumman X-47B flight test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration (UCAS-D) program.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Boosts Latest Mars Rover to the Red Planet
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 26, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne demonstrated the consistent reliability of its power and propulsion systems by successfully boosting the Mars Science Laboratory rover, which will travel to the red planet to assess its habitability.
  
  
  
• PurePower® PW1000G Geared Turbofan™ Engine Named to TIME Magazine’s ‘50 Best Inventions of 2011’
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Nov. 21, 2011 – TIME Magazine has named Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® PW1000G engine as one of “The 50 Best Inventions of 2011,” describing it as "the most important development in aviation in 2011.”
  
  
  
• Qatar Airways Selects Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Engines for Airbus A320neo Aircraft Family
  DUBAI AIR SHOW, Nov 15, 2011 – Qatar Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines for its order of 50 firm A320neo family aircraft. The deal includes 100 PW1100G-JM engines with a PureSolutionSM maintenance service agreement.
  
  
  
• ALAFCO Opts for Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Engines for Airbus A320neo Aircraft Family
  DUBAI AIR SHOW, Nov 15, 2011 – Alafco Aviation Lease and Finance Co. KSCC (ALAFCO) selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 50 firm A320neo family aircraft.
  
  
  
• PurePower® Engines Surpass 1,000 Hours of Full Engine Testing
  DUBAI AIR SHOW – Nov. 14, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney has successfully completed more than 1,000 hours of full engine testing on its PurePower engines for its first two applications – the PW1500G engine series for the Bombardier* CSeries* aircraft and the PW1200G engine series for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.
  
  
  
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and NASA Complete Hot-Fire Test on J-2X Engine
  CANOGA PARK, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 – Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and NASA successfully completed a 500-second duration hot-fire test on NASA’s J-2X engine, a key step in demonstrating the propulsion system’s ability to power humans further into space than ever before.
  
  
  
  

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