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Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations. It produces aircraft engines, gas turbines, and power generation systems. See its history from 1925 to present, its products, and its logo.
The PW4000 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines for wide-body aircraft, developed from the JT9D. It has various thrust levels, from 50,000 to 99,040 lbf, and powers the Airbus A300, A310, A330, Boeing 747-400, 767, 777, and MD-11.
The PW2000 is a series of high-bypass turbofan engines for the Boeing 757, C-17, C-32A and Il-96M aircraft. It was the first civilian engine with full authority digital engine control and has a thrust range from 37,000 to 43,000 lbf.
The JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney for early narrowbody jetliners. It has eight models with thrust ranging from 12,250 to 21,000 pounds-force and is also used in military and re-engined aircraft.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) is a Canadian division of the US-based Pratt & Whitney (P&W), a leading aircraft engine manufacturer. PWC produces various turbine engines for small and medium aircraft, and has a history of developing the PT6, PW100, PW300 and PW800 series.
The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds.
The Pratt & Whitney Company was founded in 1860 by Francis A. Pratt and Amos Whitney, with headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut. The company manufactured machine tools , tools for the makers of sewing machines , and gun-making machinery for use by the Union Army during the American Civil War .
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan engine that powered the Boeing 747 and other wide-body airliners. Learn about its development, design, variants, and applications from this Wikipedia article.