Pratt & Whitney
PurePower PW1500G
Engine Completes First Flight Test Program
The Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G engine completed its first flight test program logging 25 flights with 115 flight hours.
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Press Releases
- Pratt & Whitney Establishes Engineering Center of Excellence at Iowa State University
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., and AMES, Iowa, May 21, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney has established a strategic research partnership with Iowa State University to improve gas turbine engine technology for aerospace applications.
- Pratt & Whitney Receives Healthy Air Ambassador Corporate Award for Commitment to Clean Air and Healthy Lungs
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 10, 2012 – The New England chapter of the American Lung Association has awarded Pratt & Whitney (P&W) the Healthy Air Ambassador Corporate Award for demonstrating a commitment to clean air through environmentally sound practices and a dedication to healthy lungs for all.
- Monarch Air Commits to Fuel Savings and Emissions Reductions with Pratt & Whitney’s EcoFlight™ Solutions
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 08, 2012 – Monarch Airlines selected Pratt & Whitney’s fuel conservation program, EcoFlight Solutions, reaching a 5-year agreement.
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Propulsion Orbits Critical Communications Satellite for U.S. Military
CANOGA PARK, Calif., May 7, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne upperstage propulsion successfully orbited the second in a series of Advanced Extremely High-Frequency (AEHF) communications satellites for the U.S. military, once again demonstrating the consistent reliability of its power and propulsion systems.
- Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1200G Engine Takes to the Skies:
Begins First Flight Test Program
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 2, 2012 – The Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1200G engine successfully completed its first flight on April 30, launching the engine family’s flight test program.
- Pratt & Whitney Delivers 50th F135 Engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 2, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney has successfully delivered the 50th production F135 engine – powering Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – to the U.S. Department of Defense.
- Pratt & Whitney Automation Recognized by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for 100 Percent On-Time Delivery and Quality
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 2, 2012 - Pratt & Whitney Automation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), recently received supplier recognition from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics for their 100 percent on-time delivery with perfect quality during 2011.
- Turboden enters UK market with two Organic Rankine Cycle biomass power plants
East Hartford, Conn., May 2, 2012 – Turboden recently entered the UK market with awards for two biomass-fueled Combined Cooling, Heat and Power plants for two of the country’s most well known institutions - British Sky Broadcasting and Heathrow Airport.
- Pratt & Whitney Power Systems to Deliver Biomass Heat Recovery Power Plant for West Fraser Timber Company in British Columbia, Canada
East Hartford, Conn., May 2, 2012 -- Pratt & Whitney Power Systems has been awarded a contract to deliver a 13 MW biomass heat recovery power plant for West Fraser Timber Company in British Columbia, Canada.
- Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners' Turkish Engine Center Delivers 100th Overhauled Engine to Turkish Airlines
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., April 18, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners' Turkish Engine Center recently celebrated delivery of its 100th overhauled CFM56® engine to Turkish Airlines.
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Celebrates Commissioning of Commercial-Scale Prototype Dry Solids Pump to Provide High-Efficiency, Low-Emission Gasification
CANOGA PARK, Calif., April 10, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne celebrated the commissioning of a commercial-scale dry-solids pump – a revolutionary feed system integrated with PWR’s compact gasifier to efficiently gasify coal, petcoke and other solid fuels.
- GP7200 Engines Recognized for Fuel Consumption Benefit
East Hartford, Conn. – April 10, 2012, Airbus recently revised its performance handbook to indicate that GP7200-powered A380 aircraft have been demonstrating fuel consumption levels better than previously stated.
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Engines Successfully Boost Government Payload Into Space
CANOGA PARK, Calif., April 3, 2012 - The sky rumbled with the sound of a rocket launch today as Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne once again demonstrated the consistent reliability of its propulsion systems with the successful lift-off of a critical satellite for the U.S. government.
- Pratt & Whitney and Boeing Representatives Sign Engine Contract to Power U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 Tanker
MUKILTEO, Wash., March 27, 2012 – Bennett Croswell, president of Pratt & Whitney’s Military Engines division, and Maureen Dougherty, Boeing vice president and program manager, KC-46 Tanker Program, hosted a ceremonial engine contract signing event today at Boeing’s Tanker Program Office in Mukilteo, Wash., for contracts previously awarded to Pratt & Whitney.
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Completes Latest Hot-Fire Test on Launch Abort Engine for Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft
CANOGA PARK, Calif., March 12, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, successfully completed a full-mission duration hot-fire test on a Launch Abort Engine (LAE) for Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft.
- Pratt & Whitney to Highlight Importance of Waste Heat-to-Power Solutions
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 9, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS), a world leader in Organic Rankine Cycle solutions for waste heat, biomass, geothermal and solar thermal power applications, will host the California “Waste Heat to Power Road Show.”
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Powers 200th Mission of Centaur Rocket, Places Communications Satellite for U.S. Navy into Orbit
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 25, 2012 - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne once again demonstrated the consistent reliability of its propulsion systems by successfully powering the Centaur upper-stage rocket on its 200th mission and placing the first in a series of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications satellites for the U.S. Navy into orbit.
- Gearing Up for Certification: PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ Engine Test Program Progressing Rapidly
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, SINGAPORE – Feb. 16, 2012 – Continuing its engine certification program, Pratt & Whitney has initiated certification icing testing for its PurePower PW1524G engine that will power the Bombardier* Cseries* aircraft family. The company anticipates completing engine certification by the end of 2012.
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Completes J-2X Powerpack Test
CANOGA PARK, Calif., Feb. 15, 2012 - Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the first in a series of powerpack hot-fire tests on the J-2X engine, which is being developed for NASA to power humans further into space than ever before.
- Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners Signs Maintenance Agreements with Japan Airlines
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. has selected Pratt & Whitney for a Fleet Management Program agreement and a part repair agreement to provide maintenance for the airline's Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft engines and engine parts.
- Pratt & Whitney Teaches Singapore Polytechnic Students to Power the Future
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW – Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Pratt & Whitney signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today enabling students to participate in an Overseas Industrial Training Program (OITP) at Pratt & Whitney’s Customer Training Center in China.
- Go Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Engines for Airbus A320neo Aircraft Family
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Go Airlines (GoAir), a leading provider of low fare services in the growing Indian aviation market, has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for its order of 72 firm A320neo aircraft.
- TransAsia Airways Selects Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM Engines to Power Airbus A321neo Aircraft
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – TransAsia Airways has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of six firm and six option A321neo aircraft. The deal includes a 10-year PureSolutionSM maintenance service agreement for 27 engines, including spare and option engines.
- Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners Begins Construction on New Seletar Aerospace Park Facility
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners has begun construction on the company's new facility at Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park.
- Pratt & Whitney Powers Learning with National Formosa University Students
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW – Singapore, Feb. 15, 2012 – National Formosa University (NFU) and Pratt & Whitney signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
- Pratt & Whitney Share of V2500® Engine Order from Sichuan Airlines Valued at US$80 Million
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Sichuan Airlines has selected International Aero Engines to provide V2500 engines to power eight new A320 series aircraft. The order includes a long-term aftermarket services agreement.
- Pratt & Whitney Share of V2500® Engine Order from ICBC Valued at US$100 Million
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – ICBC Financial Leasing Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC), has selected International Aero Engines to provide V2500 engines to power its fleet of 15 new A320 series aircraft.
- Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Engine Exceeds 20,000 Hours Powering the F-35
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine – exclusively powering Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – exceeded 20,000 total engine hours while powering the fleet of F-35 flight test aircraft, including 17,700 ground test hours and 2,500 flight test hours.
- F119 Achieves Significant Milestone Powering the F-22; 200,000 Flight Hours Logged During Safest Engine Introduction in USAF History
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney’s F119, the world’s first fifth-generation engine and the predecessor to the F135, has surpassed the 200,000 flight hour milestone powering Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor.
- Pratt & Whitney Receives Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – The Boeing Company has recognized Pratt & Whitney as a 2011 Boeing Performance Excellence Award winner.
- Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners' TOS Facility Celebrates 30th Anniversary
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 14, 2012 – 2012 marks 30 years since the formation of Turbine Overhaul Services (TOS), a Singapore-based joint venture between Pratt & Whitney and Singapore Technologies Aerospace Limited (ST Aerospace).
- Pratt & Whitney Wins $200 Million PW4000 Advantage70™ Engine Order from Korean Air
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 14, 2012 – Korean Air selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4170 Advantage70™ engine to power five new Airbus A330 aircraft.
- Asiana Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney Fleet Management Program
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Singapore, Feb. 14, 2012 – Asiana Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney for a Fleet Management Program agreement to provide engine maintenance for three of the airline's Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft.
- Pratt & Whitney Receives Maintenance Contract to Support F100 Engines for Royal Jordanian Air Force
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Feb. 14, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney has received a $19.2 million Material Management Program (MMP) contract with three, one-year options from the United States Air Force in support of F100-PW-220E engines powering the Royal Jordanian Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters.
- Hawaiian Airlines Awarded First Ever Avibation Carbon Credits Using Pratt & Whitney’s EcoPower® Engine Wash
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 13, 2012 – Hawaiian Airlines, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA), was today awarded the first ever aviation-based carbon credit.
- Pratt & Whitney Media Events at the Singapore Air Show
SINGAPORE AIR SHOW, Changi Exhibition Center, Singapore, Feb. 10, 2012 -- Pratt & Whitney will announce new business and brief media on key programs during the 2012 Singapore Air Show.
- 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.
