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Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations. It produces aircraft engines, gas turbines, and power generation systems. See its history from 1925 to present, its products, and its logo.
The PW2000 is a series of high-bypass turbofan engines for the Boeing 757, C-17, C-32A and Il-96M aircraft. It was the first civilian engine with full authority digital engine control and has a thrust range from 37,000 to 43,000 lbf.
The F100 is a low bypass afterburning turbofan engine that powers the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon. Learn about its development, variants, problems, and upgrades from this comprehensive article.
The F119 is a turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney for the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II. It features afterburning, thrust vectoring, and supercruise capabilities, and has a bypass ratio of 0.30 and a maximum thrust of 35,000 lbf.
The Pratt & Whitney PW1000G family, also known as the GTF (geared turbofan), is a family of high-bypass geared turbofan produced by Pratt & Whitney.Following years of development and testing on various demonstrators, the program officially launched in 2008 with the PW1200G destined for the Mitsubishi SpaceJet (a project that was later canceled).
The JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney for early narrowbody jetliners. It has eight models with thrust ranging from 12,250 to 21,000 pounds-force and is also used in military and re-engined aircraft.
The Pratt & Whitney XA101 is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator being developed by Pratt & Whitney for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and form the technological foundation for the company's XA103 propulsion system for the United States Air Force's sixth generation fighter program, the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).
The Pratt & Whitney Company was founded in 1860 by Francis A. Pratt and Amos Whitney, with headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut. The company manufactured machine tools , tools for the makers of sewing machines , and gun-making machinery for use by the Union Army during the American Civil War .