EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. The low rate initial production (LRIP) contract covers long-lead materials for the sixth lot ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 and the DoD have reached ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. The award was accepted at a ceremony ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa has announced the selection of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the F-X program. The F-35 is produced by Lockheed Martin and powered by Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine. The announcement includes ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ... read more

SHANGHAI, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners' Shanghai Engine Center today delivered its 100th overhauled CFM56® engine to Shanghai Airlines. Pratt & Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). "This engine delivery to Shanghai Airlines marks a new milestone for ... read more

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ... read more

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Power Systems today announced the development of its latest aeroderivative industrial gas turbine, the FT4000 SWIFTPAC®, at the POWER-GEN International tradeshow. This next generation gas turbine is based on one of the aviation industry's most widely utilized ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 is ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 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." Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: ... read more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DUBAI AIR SHOW -- 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. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2017. Pratt & Whitney is ... read more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DUBAI AIR SHOW - 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 ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sea trials have concluded for the F-35B Lightning II's Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft. Flying under the power of Pratt & Whitney's F135 propulsion system, two STOVL variants conducted 72 short takeoffs and vertical landings, for a total of ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE: UTX), and Flight Sciences International have signed an exclusive software licensing agreement with Aviaso, an international software company developing products exclusively for the aviation industry, to provide innovative data analysis software for EcoFlight(TM) ... read more

LONDON and EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- APR Energy plc (APR) and Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS) today announced a strategic partnership to jointly address global temporary power needs and to increase the availability of mobile turbines for temporary power solutions. This partnership ... read more

BEIJING, Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Air China, in partnership with Boeing, Honeywell UOP, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, PetroChina and Pratt & Whitney, today completed a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel derived from biomass grown in China. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney dedicated three F-35 Lightning II aircraft models to its employees during a ceremony at its main Connecticut plant yesterday. Congressmen John Larson, Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy along with East Hartford Mayor Marcia LeClerc congratulated Pratt & Whitney ... read more

TORONTO, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Power Systems has been awarded a contract to deliver a 2 megawatt biomass heat recovery power plant for Nechako Green Energy Ltd. in Vanderhoof, British Columbia. The state-of-the-art power plant will provide clean, carbon-neutral power to the company's Premium Pellet plant ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 1. Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney restructure IAE participation Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, and Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, are pleased to announce a restructure of their participation in IAE International Aero Engines AG ... read more