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Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney is an American owned aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft. As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers the company competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures fixed gas turbines for industry and power generation, marine turbines, railway locomotive engines, and rocket engines.
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History
The company was founded in 1860 by Francis Pratt & Amos Whitney with headquarters in East Hartford, Connecticut. Pratt & Whitney also has a plant in North Berwick, Maine.
Pratt & Whitney is a business unit of industrial conglomerate United Technologies, making it a sister company to Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC, originally United Aircraft of Canada), Otis Elevator Company and refrigeration giant Carrier Corporation. PWC designs and builds the smaller aircraft engines while P&W manufactures the larger engines.
Civil turbine engines and applications
- JT3D/TF33
- Boeing 707
- USAF and NATO E-3 Sentrys
- E-8 JSTARS
- KC-135
- RC-135 Rivet Joint
- B-52 Stratofortress
- C-141
- JT15D
- Cessna Citation
- PW6000
- Airbus A318
- IAE V2500
- Airbus A320 family
- A318
- A319
- A320
- A321
- Airbus Corporate Jet
- Airbus A320 family
- PT-6
- practically every turboprop commuter aircraft
Military turbine engines and applications
Reciprocating engines
- Wasp
- Hornet
- Wasp Jr.
- Twin Wasp Jr.
- Twin Wasp
- Double Wasp
- Wasp Major - powering many postwar large bombers and transports.
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