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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Voices of industry
Airbus At Airbus, we are proud to join Pratt & Whitney in celebrating its momentous 100th anniversary, a milestone that resonates deeply with our own pioneering history. Our partnership began at the inception of Airbus, with the Pratt & Whitney engines powering our A300 and A310 aircraft. These achievements are ...
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Foreword from RTX CEO Christopher T. Calio
One hundred years ago this July, an upstart operation in Hartford, Connecticut, began work on a pioneering aircraft engine design that would become the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp.
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Dependable engines – view from the helm
Everyone who has worked for Pratt & Whitney is a guardian of a formidable reputation, forged over 100 years, says its president Shane Eddy
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Making history – a century of innovation
Pratt & Whitney has developed remarkable engines over 100 years. But while the technologies, industrial processes, and the market may be very different, the values on which the business was founded in 1925 remain as true today as ever.
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: GTF – after Advantage
Bringing the GTF Advantage into production and offering existing customers its durability benefits through upgrades may be a priority for Pratt & Whitney in the coming years. However, engineers in the business are very much looking to the further future as Airbus and Boeing mull over their strategies to replace their current single-aisle families.
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Manufacturing – advancing in Asheville
Pratt & Whitney’s new turbine airfoil plant in North Carolina is key to its ambitions to ramp up production of the latest version of the GTF engine and other programmes
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: MRO – service ready
With deliveries of the GTF ramping up, Pratt & Whitney has been rapidly putting in place a global MRO network able to support a technologically complex product and minimise customers’ downtime
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Commercial Engines – single minded
It has an impressive heritage in the twin-aisle market, but Pratt & Whitney’s commercial focus today is very much on the fast growing single-aisle segment, where its GTF product leads the way
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Paid contentThe F-35: More than a fighter jet
How RTX helps turn the fifth-gen fighter into a force multiplier
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NewsVolga-Dnepr denounces Canadian effort to seize An-124 as ‘hijacking’
Russian outsize freight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines has described the Canadian measures to seize one of its Antonov An-124s as a “pirate hijacking”. As a result of Canadian sanctions on Russian carriers, the aircraft been parked at Toronto since February 2022, and legal efforts are taking place to confiscate the jet ...
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NewsSIA to exit 737-800 fleet by March 2026
Singapore Airlines will retire its remaining Boeing 737-800s by the end of March 2026, as it prepares for a ramp-up deliveries of the 737 Max 8.
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In depthUS Army seeks to ‘pure fleet’ helicopter inventory by retiring older models
The US Army confirms that it hopes to retire all older D-model Boeing AH-64 attack and Sikorsky UH-60L/V utility helicopters as it seeks to downsize the rotary-wing fleet and operate more efficiently.
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NewsEtihad places order for 28 Boeing widebodies
Etihad Airways is to purchase 28 Boeing 777X and 787s, in the latest boost to the airframer’s backlog a day after it scored its largest widebody order yet.
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Paid contentIt’s a multi-orbit world: Gogo delivers global broadband connectivity
Gogo Galileo is live and already delivering global broadband connectivity to business aviation customers through Eutelsat OneWeb’s low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. That means our business and VIP aviation customers are enjoying the benefits of low-latency, high-speed broadband wherever and whenever they fly, all backed up by our 24/7/365 expert support.
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Paid contentCyber vigilance when it matters most
In 2023, eight billion data records were compromised globally. The average cost of a cyber data breach was approximately US$4.45 million, excluding the cost of reputational damage. The potential outcomes of a cyber breach can grow exponentially, which is why flight departments need to maintain cyber vigilance. The fact is ...
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NewsGlobal Airlines A380 arrives at New York JFK after initial commercial service from UK
UK start-up Global Airlines’ first transatlantic commercial Airbus A380 flight has arrived at New York JFK following a service from Glasgow. The aircraft touched down at 12:53 having departed Glasgow’s runway 05 shortly after 11:30 on 15 May. Global Airlines carrying out the special service – operated by Portuguese wet-lease ...
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NewsBoeing on track to deliver first Australian Apaches by end of 2025
Boeing’s head of attack helicopters says Canberra’s first tranche of AH-64Es are working their way through the company’s production line in Mesa, Arizona and will be delivered to Australia later this year.
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NewsUSAF reveals inventory target for new F-47 fighter
The service aims to field at least 185 of the sixth-generation Boeing fighters, with each aircraft having a combat radius of over 1,000nm.
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NewsOtto outlines plans for ultra-low-drag Phantom 3500
Texas-based Otto Aviation is confident that by early 2027 it will have begun flight tests of its Phantom 3500 – an envisioned super-midsize business jet that harnesses an ultra-low-drag, lightweight design to enable flights of up to 3,700nm (6,850km) while burning 50% less fuel than rivals.
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NewsSIA Group ‘in strong position’ against global uncertainties, as operating profit shrinks
Singapore Airlines Group has touted its “strong position” to tackle macro-economic challenges, amid a drop in its full-year operating profit.