Pratt&Whitney is boosting its investment in jet engines for commercial planes, spending$1.5 billion to buy out Rolls-Royce from a joint venture that makes engines for the Airbus A320.

Jet-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an approximately $2.9 billion contract modification from the U.S.

Pratt & Whitney is boosting its investment in jet engines for commercial planes, spending $1.5 billion to buy out Rolls-Royce from a joint venture that makes engines for the Airbus A320.

Pratt & Whitney, having procured exclusive deals with smaller jet makers, like Bombardier and Embraer, intends to sever CFM International’s grip through its geared turbofan engines.

The new GTF Advantage engine will be compatible with 100% sustainable aviation fuel when it launches in Jan. 2024, Pratt said. The current generation of GTF engines are certified to operate only ...

Today, the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 generates 29,160 pounds of thrust out of an engine that weighs only 3,826 pounds, making it one of the biggest strengths of F-16 fighter jets.

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer voiced "full support" for Pratt & Whitney as it battles durability problems on recent jet engines, but blamed a separate tussle with engine makers for the ...

Pratt & Whitney's jet engine development began in 1944. Its first model was licensed from Rolls-Royce and was called the Nene, although it later became known as the J42 Turbo-Wasp.

Pratt is counting on its new geared turbofan engine, which it says offers about a 16 percent fuel savings, to help it regain share in the market for single-aisle commercial jets, where it has been ...

Pratt & Whitney aims high for big-jet engine sales UTX unit touts its geared turbofan engine as a "game changer" By Christopher Hinton , MarketWatch Published: Nov. 29, 2007 at 2:02 p.m. ET ...

The investment by United Technologies Corp. in its energy-efficient, quieter jet engines is paying off with a sizable order backlog for Pratt & Whitney, the subsidiary’s president said Tuesday.