Textron’s Bell subsidiary plans to use a Pratt & Whitney-built helicopter engine as auxiliary power unit for its proposed helicopter design for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, Vertical Magazine reported Tuesday.

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has partnered with Pratt and Whitney and AAR to help veterans enter the commercial aviation workforce.

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The U.S. Navy has awarded United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a $71.4M task order to mature the F-35 propulsion system ahead of service operational use of the fighter aircraft.

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U.K.-based aerospace equipment provider Meggitt will continue to supply Pratt & Whitney advanced composite components for F135 and F119 engines under a potential 10-year, $750M contract. F135 and F119 are used to power the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor fighter jets, Meggitt said Monday.

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United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has established an aerospace engineering center in Puerto Rico through a partnership with the island’s government-owned industrial development company. Pratt & Whitney said Monday it opened the 104K-square-foot facility during a ceremony held Monday and attended by Gov. Ricardo Rosello and PRIDCO representatives. The building is designed to comply with LEED Silver standards […] More

A General Atomics business unit has completed the fourth low-speed wind tunnel test of a carrier-based refueling tanker drone being developed for the U.S. Navy. The San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautics Systems Inc. said Tuesday its aeronautical systems division assessed and verified the MQ-25 Stingray tanker’s high-lift system and spoiler-based direct lift control, which aligned with […] More

A division of United Technologies Corp. has launched an engine update meant to enhance aircraft power and thermal management system capacity. Pratt & Whitney announced Tuesday that its Growth Option 2.0 upgrade for the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II‘s F135 engine is geared to address PTMS functions for future block updates to the aircraft. Matthew Bromberg, president of Pratt & […] More

United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney division has created a business unit that aims to help military customers develop engine technology prototypes. GatorWorks comprises cross-functional teams, a vertical integration system and multiple suppliers and partners, Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday. Matthew Bromberg, president of military engines at Pratt & Whitney, said the newly formed unit […] More

The Naval Air Systems Command plans to award United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a sole-source contract to help install updated auxiliary power units into the U.S. Navy‘s E-6B Mercury planes. Work will cover APU installation, sustainment and engineering support for 16 E-6B aircraft units and training systems, the Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday. The service branch noted […] More

East Hartford, Conn.-based firm Pratt & Whitney has invested approximately $100 million to support its defense programs at its West Palm Beach facility in Florida with the aim to generate 215 new jobs through 2022. The investment will be used to expand the site and develop new equipment for manufacturing new technologies, the United Technologies […] More

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has licensed Pratt & Whitney and parent company United Technologies to use and implement a modeling and simulation software. The FEMORPH platform was built to work with a design application in simulating the performance of aircraft engine parts before production, Wright-Patterson AF Base said Wednesday The system was also designed to form manufacturing deviation […] More

United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has collaborated with partners under the Joint Strike Fighter program to update and deploy a logistics management system at 12 F-35 fleet locations worldwide, American Machinist reported Monday. The Autonomic Logistics Information System is designed to automatically track F-35 propulsion components by gathering and analyzing condition-based data. Operational bases that house the […] More