Advanced Engine Development at Pratt and Whitney: The Inside Story of Eight Special Projects, 1946-1971
News On Women (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The Engine Alliance, a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., appointed Mary Ellen Jones President. Mary Ellen, who holds a Master's degree in Management from Johns Hopkins University,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney has delivered the 400th F119 engine, which powers the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, to the U.S. Air Force. This milestone delivery marks a significant accomplishment for the only operational fifth generation fighter engine in service today and demonstrates the maturity of this highly advanced propulsion system. Pratt & Whitney...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne today helped boost into orbit an Intelsat communications satellite that will provide data, voice and video services for the Americas, Europe and Africa. The satellite includes Intelsat's first Internet Router In Space. The mission, AV-024, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kontiki, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise video solutions, today announced at the Streaming Media West 2009 conference the successful launch of its Kontiki Enterprise Video Platform service enabling United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) to reach more than 100,000 employee PCs around the world. UTC is one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DUBAI AIR SHOW -- Pratt & Whitney and Saudi Arabian Airlines signed an agreement expanding Pratt & Whitney's EcoPower® engine wash service network to The Middle East / North Africa. The agreement provides for Saudi Arabian Airlines to wash its own engines and provide engine wash services to other commercial airlines that fly...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first ever F100-229 Engine Enhancement Package (EEP) Engine for installation in a Republic of Korea Air Force F-15. This is the first of six EEP engines to be delivered to the ROKAF this year, in addition to the ongoing delivery of engine build kits that will be assembled by Samsung Techwin in Korea. The engine...
The engineer (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rolls-Royce has secured a $171m contract with Pratt & Whitney to supply its LiftSystem for nine Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing variant F-35B Lightning II aircraft.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai Aerospace Enterprise said on Sunday it has reached a $340 million agreement with International Aero Engines, a consortium led by Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney , for A320 Airbus aircraft engines.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai Aerospace Enterprise said on Sunday it has reached a $340 million (204 million pound) agreement with International Aero Engines, a consortium led by Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney , for A320 Airbus aircraft engines.
James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1000G engine has won a Popular Science Magazine 2009 "Best of What's New Award."
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney's PurePower® PW1000G engine has been recognized by Popular Science Magazine with a 2009 "Best of What's New Award." Popular Science, the world's largest science and technology magazine with 7.1 million readers, named the PW1000G engine as one of the top technological advancements in the Aviation & Space category...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
General Atomic Aeronautical has released photos of their new UAV. Featuring 20m wings swept to 17 degrees, a weapons bay and a Pratt & Whitney PW545B engine, it surpasses the older Predator A and B UAVs. Photo from Flickr. From Tom Dispatch: Why Military Dreams Fail -- and Why It Doesn't Matter. For drone freaks (and these days Washington seems full of them), here's the good news: Drones are hot!...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Zacks.com submits: General Electric Co. ( GE ) is in talks to sell its security systems unit, most likely to United Technologies Corp. ( UTX ), for more than $1.5 billion in an effort to reshuffle its extensive portfolio and raise capital for strategic acquisitions. United Technologies Corp. is a diversified company whose products include Carrier heating and air conditioning, Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine powering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has completed altitude qualification ground testing, the final testing that demonstrates the operability and performance required for Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) and Carrier Variant (CV) Initial Service Release (ISR). ISR is the U.S. Government's recognition...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has received Transport Canada type certification for its new PW535E engine selected to power the Embraer Phenom 300 light business jet. Pratt & Whitney Canada is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.
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