As Pratt & Whitney works to ramp up production of the PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels and beyond, the engine maker hopes to accelerate assembly with new process ...

UTC doesn’t expect the knife-edge seal issue affecting 98 PW1100G-JM engines to affect P&W’s GTF 2018 production performance. After reverting to a former configuration for the knife-edge seal attached ...

Though many of Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan (GTF) suppliers continue to miss production targets, company executives remain confident the engine maker is prepared for a massive planned ramp up in ...

Pratt & Whitney will complete the first ground-test phase of the production geared turbofan (GTF) by early December amid hopes that early results will encourage Airbus to formally commit to ...

A near doubling of Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan delivery rate and strong demand for aircraft systems helped push United Technologies' 2018 profit up 16% year-over-year to $5.3 billion. "It’s the ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, today announced the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the GTF AdvantageTM-powered ...

All told, the major technical issues on the GTF appear to have been fixed -- good news for Airbus as it ramps production on the A320NEO. Moreover, the GTF should start to regain order share against GE ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines Ltd. (MHIAEL) recently achieved a ...