This engine, known as the X-100 (Pratt & Whitney's 100th experimental engine), was completed in 1940 as an R-2000 DG. During seven years of experimental development, it was changed into nearly every ...

100 years ago today, on July 22, 1925, Pratt & Whitney was incorporated. The defining achievement of its early years, the firm explains, was the development and production of the R-1340 Wasp radial ...

Design and development of the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp was initiated in 1936, and was America’s first 18-cylinder radial. With water injection and turbo-supercharging, the R-2800 produced ...

By the time production ended in 1960, more than 125,000 R-2800s were produced by Pratt & Whitney and its licensees, one of the largest production runs of any single aircraft engine model. Credit Line ...

Pratt & Whitney Is Celebrating Its 100th Birthday 100 years ago today, on July 22, 1925, Pratt & Whitney was incorporated. The defining achievement of its early years, the firm explains, was the ...

U.S. airline JetBlue Airways Corp said on Thursday it has awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract to supply engines for its total fleet of 85 Airbus A320neo aircraft, more than doubling the carrier's ...