Pratt & Whitney

HAMDEN, Conn., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Two current Pratt & Whitney employees and one retired Pratt & Whitney employee will be inducted into The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering at a ceremony this evening at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. Dr. Alan H. Epstein, vice ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) today announced it has completed the divestiture of its Pratt & Whitney Power Systems unit to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Divesting Power Systems allows UTC to ... read more

STORRS, Conn., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Chief Operating Officer Paul Adams and engineer Scott Beecher will be inducted into the University of Connecticut's Academy of Distinguished Engineers at a ceremony this evening. Adams will receive the 2013 Distinguished Engineering Leadership Award for ... read more

ATLANTA, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MRO AMERICAS -- Nearly 50 unique aircraft engine part repair announcements are now available on Pratt & Whitney's website, highlighting the company's repair capabilities, which have yielded more than 25,000 new repairs since 2000. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies ... read more

ATLANTA, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MRO AMERICAS -- Pratt & Whitney and TES Aviation Group have entered into a material consumption agreement on PW4000-100" engines. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. Under the agreement, Pratt & Whitney and TES Aviation Group will ... read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney will provide exclusive power for 25 Airbus A321neo aircraft for an order announced today by Hawaiian Airlines. The 16 firm and nine option aircraft order between Hawaiian Airlines and Airbus represents up to 50 fuel ... read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The first Pratt & Whitney PurePower® PW1100G-JM engine for the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft successfully completed ground testing at the company's West Palm Beach, Fla., test facility. The engine completed over 120 hours of testing, validating overall ... read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) recently completed a successful offset requirement to support Canada's Industrial and Regional Benefits Policy. The company cooperated closely with Industry Canada to meet its commitments two years ... read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a materials management program foreign military sales contract to Pratt & Whitney to support the F100-PW-220 engines powering the Royal Thai Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters. Under the ... read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has completed production install F117 engine deliveries for the U.S. Air Force, marking more than 20 years of successfully powering the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The engines ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company, partnered with the University of Connecticut to establish one of the nation's most advanced additive manufacturing laboratories, the Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center. "We are excited to further ... read more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney has received a contract from the Republic of Singapore for the purchase of seven advanced F100-PW-229 EEP engines to power the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters. Under ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney AeroPower's* APS2600[E] auxiliary power unit (APU) has been selected by Embraer for its second generation E-Jet. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. "We are delighted to continue our long-standing relationship with Embraer ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), together with its U.S. Air Force partner at the F119 Heavy Maintenance Center (HMC) at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., celebrated another significant milestone in the F119 program ... read more

MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney completed the first phase of an assembly-floor transformation project at its Middletown, Conn., facility that prepares the Engine Center to produce its portion of PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines for the Airbus A320neo and increases production capacity for the ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney and the Hartford chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) honored five Distinguished Engineers of the Year at the annual awards dinner in Manchester, Conn. during National Engineers Week from Feb. 17 through to Feb. 23. Pratt ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney's F117 engine, the exclusive power for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter, recently exceeded 10 million engine flight hours. At the same time, the C-17 exceeded 2.5 million flight hours while supporting military and humanitarian ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), recently delivered eight F117-PW-100 engines to power two new Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs for the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF). Boeing delivered the two aircraft at its facility ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dean Athans has been named President of the Engine Alliance, succeeding Mary Ellen Jones, who is returning to a senior leadership position at Pratt & Whitney. The Engine Alliance is a 50/50 joint venture of GE Aviation (NYSE: ... read more

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has delivered the first 10 F117 engines to Boeing to power a fleet of C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force. India's Ministry of Defence ... read more