Irkut Corp., manufacturer of the MC-21 passenger aircraft scheduled to enter service in 2016, selected Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G geared turbofan engine to power the plane. The MC-21 family (sometimes ...

Michael Schreyögg has no doubts about the importance to MTU of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G geared turbofan. “It is our future,” says Schreyögg, chief programme officer and board member at ...

Pratt & Whitney CEO David Hess says his company is in "on-going discussions" with Chinese airframer Comac to offer the PW1000G as a second western engine option on the 156-seat C919, as well as other ...

Pratt & Whitney has recalled a significant number of its PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) engines due to a manufacturing defect affecting certain high-pressure turbine and compressor components. This has ...

FORT COLLINS, CO--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 2014) - Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWD) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to expand its production of advanced fuel ...

Pratt & Whitney said the PW1000G (formerly the Geared Turbofan) demonstrator engine finished the first phase of flight testing on the company's 747SP flying testbed. The engine completed 12 flights ...

Pratt & Whitney’s PW1000G is designed with the engine fan separated from the low-pressure compressor and turbine, so that each module operates at optimal speeds. Jet-engine builder Pratt & Whitney has ...

Pratt & Whitney VP technology and environment Dr Alan Epstein said there were no technological barriers preventing the company from developing its PW1000G engine technology into a larger version, ...

Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1000G demonstration engine has completed the first phase of flight testing on a company-owned 747SP flying test bed. The PW1000G engine completed 12 flights and ran ...

Pratt & Whitney has said that the PW1000G (GearedTurbofan) demonstrator engine has finished the first phase of flight testing on the company's B747SP flying testbed. According to Bob Saia, vice ...