Pratt & Whitney
Overview:
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE:UTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Pratt & Whitney reported an operating pro?t of $2.0 billion in 2007 on revenues of $12.1 billion. The company’s 38,577 employees support more than 9,000 customers in 180 countries around the world.
Pratt & Whitney was founded in Hartford, Conn., in 1925 by Frederick Rentschler. Pratt & Whitney’s ?rst aircraft engine was the 410-horsepower, aircooled Wasp, which delivered unprecedented performance and reliability for the time and transformed the aviation industry. Pratt & Whitney has been leading change ever since.
Pratt & Whitney Canada has produced more than 60,000 engines which power corporate jets, regional aircraft and helicopters around the globe.
Pratt & Whitney’s large commercial engines power more than 30 percent of the world’s passenger aircraft ?eet. The company continues to develop new engines and work with its partners in International Aero Engines and the Engine Alliance to meet airline customers’ future needs.
Pratt & Whitney's broad portfolio of businesses includes industrial gas turbines that light cities and power ships, and rocket engines that send payloads into orbit at 20,000 miles an hour.
Pratt & Whitney is developing game-changing technologies for the future, such as a Geared TurbofanTM engine for next generation single-aisle aircraft and hypersonic propulsion systems for aircraft that will travel more than six times the speed of sound. Through Global Service Partners, Pratt & Whitney is also developing innovative new services that will delight customers around the globe. Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions is the first OEM to re-engineer, certify and manufacture both gas-path and life-limited parts for the CFM56-3 engine.
Company Profile:
Financials
Revenues: $12.1 billion (2007)
Operating Profit: $2.0 billion (2007)
Current Employment
38,577 employees worldwide
Customers
More than 600 customers operate Pratt & Whitney large commercial engines in 140 countries.
Nearly 30 customers operate aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney military engines.
More than 9,000 regional airlines and other operators fly with engines made by Pratt & Whitney Canada.
MAJOR PRODUCTS
Commercial Engines
PW2000 for Boeing 757
PW4000 for Boeing 747, 767 and 777 and Airbus A300, A310 and A330
PW6000 for Airbus A318
GP7000 for Airbus A380
V2500 for Airbus A319, A320 and A321
GTF for Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) and Bombardier CSeries Aircraft
Military Engines
F100 for F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon
F117 for C-17 Globemaster III
F119 for F-22 Raptor
F135 for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Small and Medium Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada builds 10 families of engines used in a variety of applications, including the PW307A for the Dassault Falcon 7X and the PW600 family for a new generation of Very Light Jets.
Space Propulsion
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne powers the Space Shuttle, supplies booster engines for Delta II rockets and supplies boosters and upper stage engines for Atlas V and Delta IV rockets.
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS), the industrial gas turbine business of Pratt & Whitney, provides power generation and mechanical drive solutions for the electric generation, oil and gas markets, including service through the entire product life cycle. The FT8® engine packages range from 25 to 60 MW.
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems also offers aftermarket parts and advanced repairs for non-Pratt & Whitney heavy-duty industrial frame type gas turbines utilizing Pratt & Whitney superior coatings, alloys and cooling schemes.
History:
During World War I, Captain Frederick Brant Rentschler was assigned to oversee production of aircraft engines for the U.S. Army. In the ensuing decades, that experience has helped make possible the profound wonders of space exploration, the lucrative opportunities of global commerce and the cutting-edge tools that help ensure military success in a volatile world.
How did this come to be? When Captain Rentschler left the Army, he became convinced that future aircraft would require lighter-weight engines with much greater power and higher reliability. His proposed design of an air-cooled engine flew in the face of conventional wisdom, which held that heavier liquid-cooled engines would power the future of aviation.
Ultimately, Rentschler was proven correct. In 1925, Pratt & Whitney – the company he founded – began its long history of challenging expectations and creating powerful, reliable technologies that have changed the world.
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