An Update on the Pratt & Whitney GTF
Today P&W provided an update on its GTF (PurePower) program. VP Bob Saia provided this presentation. The charts below come from this presentation. Views: 43
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Is It Time For The 767NG?
Having won the US Air Force tanker award, keeping the Boeing 767 production line active for the foreseeable future, should Boeing introduce an updated commercial version of their venerable (and highly successful) small wide-body aircraft? We believe that the time…
Pratt & Whitney’s David Hess Speech at Media Day
As posted earlier, today P&W’s president David Hess spoke at their media day in Florida at the West Palm Beach company facility. Regular readers know that we have stated that P&W seems to be increasingly confident – their two decade…
Pratt & Whitney Opens Up A Huge Lead
The sense at ISTAT 2011 that P&W had attracted a lot of attention and was building momentum has been confirmed with news that the PurePower engine (we prefer GTF) has won a critical order. This is a fabulous win for…
Pratt & Whitney Completes First PW1200G for Mitsubishi Regional Jet
It was another “Last Bolt” ceremony for P&W today. P&W completed assembly on the first PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ). The engine, rated at 17,000 pounds of thrust, is the third PurePower series engine to complete assembly. …
Bombardier’s CSeries is On Time and On Track
Gary Scott is President of Bombardier Aerospace and provides a summary of his speech at ISTAT. He was direct, but polite. Despite the naysayers Mr Scott is confident in his team and their product. As he puts it, they have…