Volvo Aero has signed-up with Pratt & Whitney to join the engine builder’s PurePower PW1000G programme.
The Swedish company’s contract is estimated to be worth SEK 50 billion ($8.37bn) over 40 years, its largest-ever involvement in a commercial engine programme.
Volvo Aero will be responsible for three major components for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) and the Bombardier CSeries aircraft engines.
The agreement states that Volvo Aero will participate as a partner in design, development, production and aftermarket in this engine project, with overall responsibility for the intermediate case and the turbine exhaust case, as well as production responsibility for the low-pressure turbine shaft.
Source: Flight International
